diff --git a/ledger/acctonline_test.go b/ledger/acctonline_test.go
index ea20db0598..da12c28c88 100644
--- a/ledger/acctonline_test.go
+++ b/ledger/acctonline_test.go
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ func TestAcctOnline(t *testing.T) {
 	conf := config.GetDefaultLocal()
 	maxDeltaLookback := conf.MaxAcctLookback
 
-	au, oa := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf, ".")
+	au, oa := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf)
 	defer oa.close()
 
 	_, totals, err := au.LatestTotals()
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ func TestAcctOnlineCache(t *testing.T) {
 			conf.MaxAcctLookback = val
 			maxDeltaLookback := conf.MaxAcctLookback
 
-			au, oa := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf, ".")
+			au, oa := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf)
 			defer oa.close()
 
 			_, totals, err := au.LatestTotals()
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ func TestAcctOnlineRoundParamsCache(t *testing.T) {
 	defer ml.Close()
 
 	conf := config.GetDefaultLocal()
-	au, ao := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf, ".")
+	au, ao := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf)
 	defer au.close()
 	defer ao.close()
 
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ func TestAcctOnlineCacheDBSync(t *testing.T) {
 		conf := config.GetDefaultLocal()
 		conf.MaxAcctLookback = maxBalLookback
 
-		au, oa := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf, ".")
+		au, oa := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf)
 		defer oa.close()
 		_, totals, err := au.LatestTotals()
 		require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ func TestAcctOnlineCacheDBSync(t *testing.T) {
 		conf := config.GetDefaultLocal()
 		conf.MaxAcctLookback = 4
 
-		au, oa := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf, ".")
+		au, oa := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf)
 		defer oa.close()
 		_, totals, err := au.LatestTotals()
 		require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -999,7 +999,7 @@ func TestAcctOnlineCacheDBSync(t *testing.T) {
 		const maxDeltaLookback = 0
 		conf.MaxAcctLookback = maxDeltaLookback
 
-		au, oa := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf, ".")
+		au, oa := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf)
 		defer oa.close()
 		_, totals, err := au.LatestTotals()
 		require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@ func TestAcctOnlineVotersLongerHistory(t *testing.T) {
 	defer ml.Close()
 	conf := config.GetDefaultLocal()
 
-	au, oa := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf, ".")
+	au, oa := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf)
 	defer oa.close()
 	_, totals, err := au.LatestTotals()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -1292,7 +1292,7 @@ func TestAcctOnlineTop(t *testing.T) {
 	defer ml.Close()
 
 	conf := config.GetDefaultLocal()
-	au, oa := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf, ".")
+	au, oa := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf)
 	defer oa.close()
 
 	top, err := oa.onlineTop(0, 0, 5)
@@ -1383,7 +1383,7 @@ func TestAcctOnlineTopInBatches(t *testing.T) {
 	defer ml.Close()
 
 	conf := config.GetDefaultLocal()
-	_, oa := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf, ".")
+	_, oa := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf)
 	defer oa.close()
 
 	top, err := oa.onlineTop(0, 0, 2048)
@@ -1427,7 +1427,7 @@ func TestAcctOnlineTopBetweenCommitAndPostCommit(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	conf := config.GetDefaultLocal()
-	au, oa := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf, ".")
+	au, oa := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf)
 	defer oa.close()
 	ml.trackers.trackers = append([]ledgerTracker{stallingTracker}, ml.trackers.trackers...)
 
@@ -1518,7 +1518,7 @@ func TestAcctOnlineTopDBBehindMemRound(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	conf := config.GetDefaultLocal()
-	au, oa := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf, ".")
+	au, oa := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf)
 	defer oa.close()
 	ml.trackers.trackers = append([]ledgerTracker{stallingTracker}, ml.trackers.trackers...)
 
diff --git a/ledger/acctupdates_test.go b/ledger/acctupdates_test.go
index af7ff587d5..1ff0657979 100644
--- a/ledger/acctupdates_test.go
+++ b/ledger/acctupdates_test.go
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ func (au *accountUpdates) allBalances(rnd basics.Round) (bals map[basics.Address
 	return
 }
 
-func newAcctUpdates(tb testing.TB, l *mockLedgerForTracker, conf config.Local, dbPathPrefix string) (*accountUpdates, *onlineAccounts) {
+func newAcctUpdates(tb testing.TB, l *mockLedgerForTracker, conf config.Local) (*accountUpdates, *onlineAccounts) {
 	au := &accountUpdates{}
 	au.initialize(conf)
 	ao := &onlineAccounts{}
@@ -270,7 +270,8 @@ func newAcctUpdates(tb testing.TB, l *mockLedgerForTracker, conf config.Local, d
 	_, err := trackerDBInitialize(l, false, ".")
 	require.NoError(tb, err)
 
-	l.trackers.initialize(l, []ledgerTracker{au, ao, &txTail{}}, conf)
+	err = l.trackers.initialize(l, []ledgerTracker{au, ao, &txTail{}}, conf)
+	require.NoError(tb, err)
 	err = l.trackers.loadFromDisk(l)
 	require.NoError(tb, err)
 
@@ -481,7 +482,7 @@ func TestAcctUpdates(t *testing.T) {
 			ml := makeMockLedgerForTracker(t, true, initialBlocksCount, protocol.ConsensusCurrentVersion, accts)
 			defer ml.Close()
 
-			au, ao := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf, ".")
+			au, ao := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf)
 			defer au.close()
 			defer ao.close()
 
@@ -604,7 +605,7 @@ func TestAcctUpdatesFastUpdates(t *testing.T) {
 	ml := makeMockLedgerForTracker(t, true, initialBlocksCount, protocol.ConsensusCurrentVersion, accts)
 	defer ml.Close()
 
-	au, ao := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf, ".")
+	au, ao := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf)
 	defer au.close()
 	defer ao.close()
 
@@ -692,7 +693,7 @@ func BenchmarkBalancesChanges(b *testing.B) {
 
 	conf := config.GetDefaultLocal()
 	maxAcctLookback := conf.MaxAcctLookback
-	au, ao := newAcctUpdates(b, ml, conf, ".")
+	au, ao := newAcctUpdates(b, ml, conf)
 	defer au.close()
 	defer ao.close()
 
@@ -834,7 +835,7 @@ func TestLargeAccountCountCatchpointGeneration(t *testing.T) {
 	ml := makeMockLedgerForTracker(t, true, initialBlocksCount, testProtocolVersion, accts)
 	defer ml.Close()
 
-	au, _ := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf, ".")
+	au, _ := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf)
 	defer au.close()
 
 	// cover 10 genesis blocks
@@ -938,7 +939,7 @@ func TestAcctUpdatesUpdatesCorrectness(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 
 		conf := config.GetDefaultLocal()
-		au, _ := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf, ".")
+		au, _ := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf)
 		defer au.close()
 
 		// cover 10 genesis blocks
@@ -1297,7 +1298,7 @@ func BenchmarkLargeMerkleTrieRebuild(b *testing.B) {
 
 	cfg := config.GetDefaultLocal()
 	cfg.Archival = true
-	au, _ := newAcctUpdates(b, ml, cfg, ".")
+	au, _ := newAcctUpdates(b, ml, cfg)
 	defer au.close()
 
 	// at this point, the database was created. We want to fill the accounts data
@@ -1637,7 +1638,7 @@ func TestAcctUpdatesCachesInitialization(t *testing.T) {
 	defer ml.Close()
 
 	conf := config.GetDefaultLocal()
-	au, _ := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf, ".")
+	au, _ := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf)
 
 	// cover initialRounds genesis blocks
 	rewardLevel := uint64(0)
@@ -1697,7 +1698,7 @@ func TestAcctUpdatesCachesInitialization(t *testing.T) {
 	ml2.deltas = ml.deltas
 
 	conf = config.GetDefaultLocal()
-	au, _ = newAcctUpdates(t, ml2, conf, ".")
+	au, _ = newAcctUpdates(t, ml2, conf)
 	defer au.close()
 
 	// make sure the deltas array end up containing only the most recent 320 rounds.
@@ -1735,7 +1736,7 @@ func TestAcctUpdatesSplittingConsensusVersionCommits(t *testing.T) {
 	defer ml.Close()
 
 	conf := config.GetDefaultLocal()
-	au, _ := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf, ".")
+	au, _ := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf)
 	defer au.close()
 
 	// cover initialRounds genesis blocks
@@ -1853,7 +1854,7 @@ func TestAcctUpdatesSplittingConsensusVersionCommitsBoundary(t *testing.T) {
 	defer ml.Close()
 
 	conf := config.GetDefaultLocal()
-	au, _ := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf, ".")
+	au, _ := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf)
 	defer au.close()
 
 	// cover initialRounds genesis blocks
@@ -2001,7 +2002,7 @@ func TestAcctUpdatesResources(t *testing.T) {
 	defer ml.Close()
 
 	conf := config.GetDefaultLocal()
-	au, _ := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf, ".")
+	au, _ := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf)
 	defer au.close()
 
 	var addr1 basics.Address
@@ -2204,7 +2205,7 @@ func TestAcctUpdatesLookupLatest(t *testing.T) {
 	defer ml.Close()
 
 	conf := config.GetDefaultLocal()
-	au, _ := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf, ".")
+	au, _ := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf)
 	defer au.close()
 	for addr, acct := range accts {
 		acctData, validThrough, withoutRewards, err := au.lookupLatest(addr)
@@ -2250,7 +2251,7 @@ func testAcctUpdatesLookupRetry(t *testing.T, assertFn func(au *accountUpdates,
 	ml := makeMockLedgerForTracker(t, false, initialBlocksCount, testProtocolVersion, accts)
 	defer ml.Close()
 
-	au, ao := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf, ".")
+	au, ao := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf)
 	defer au.close()
 	defer ao.close()
 
@@ -2499,7 +2500,7 @@ func TestAcctUpdatesLookupLatestCacheRetry(t *testing.T) {
 	defer ml.Close()
 
 	conf := config.GetDefaultLocal()
-	au, _ := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf, ".")
+	au, _ := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf)
 	defer au.close()
 
 	var addr1 basics.Address
@@ -2637,7 +2638,7 @@ func TestAcctUpdatesLookupResources(t *testing.T) {
 	defer ml.Close()
 
 	conf := config.GetDefaultLocal()
-	au, _ := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf, ".")
+	au, _ := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf)
 	defer au.close()
 
 	var addr1 basics.Address
diff --git a/ledger/catchpointwriter_test.go b/ledger/catchpointwriter_test.go
index 86cfa94153..d8e34500af 100644
--- a/ledger/catchpointwriter_test.go
+++ b/ledger/catchpointwriter_test.go
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ func TestBasicCatchpointWriter(t *testing.T) {
 	conf := config.GetDefaultLocal()
 	conf.CatchpointInterval = 1
 	conf.Archival = true
-	au, _ := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf, ".")
+	au, _ := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf)
 	err := au.loadFromDisk(ml, 0)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	au.close()
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ func TestFullCatchpointWriter(t *testing.T) {
 	conf := config.GetDefaultLocal()
 	conf.CatchpointInterval = 1
 	conf.Archival = true
-	au, _ := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf, ".")
+	au, _ := newAcctUpdates(t, ml, conf)
 	err := au.loadFromDisk(ml, 0)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	au.close()