diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ed785d2..7206c6b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.source>22</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>22</maven.compiler.target>
     <native.maven.plugin.version>0.9.28</native.maven.plugin.version>
-    <gestalt.version>0.25.3</gestalt.version>
+    <gestalt.version>0.32.1</gestalt.version>
     <rocksdb.version>9.0.0</rocksdb.version>
     <slf4j.version>2.0.12</slf4j.version>
     <imageName>rockserver-core</imageName>
diff --git a/src/main/java/it/cavallium/rockserver/core/impl/DataSizeDecoder.java b/src/main/java/it/cavallium/rockserver/core/impl/DataSizeDecoder.java
index da796ee..9f1dc2c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/it/cavallium/rockserver/core/impl/DataSizeDecoder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/it/cavallium/rockserver/core/impl/DataSizeDecoder.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public class DataSizeDecoder implements Decoder<DataSize> {
 			return GResultOf.errors(new ValidationError.DecodingNumberFormatException(path,
 					node,
 					name(),
-					decoderContext.getSecretConcealer()
+					decoderContext
 			));
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/java/it/cavallium/rockserver/core/impl/DbCompressionDecoder.java b/src/main/java/it/cavallium/rockserver/core/impl/DbCompressionDecoder.java
index 6cd5702..ab1f841 100644
--- a/src/main/java/it/cavallium/rockserver/core/impl/DbCompressionDecoder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/it/cavallium/rockserver/core/impl/DbCompressionDecoder.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public class DbCompressionDecoder implements Decoder<CompressionType> {
 			return GResultOf.errors(new ValidationError.DecodingNumberFormatException(path,
 					node,
 					name(),
-					decoderContext.getSecretConcealer()
+					decoderContext
 			));
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/java/it/cavallium/rockserver/core/impl/EmbeddedDB.java b/src/main/java/it/cavallium/rockserver/core/impl/EmbeddedDB.java
index 87cf27b..16a9f04 100644
--- a/src/main/java/it/cavallium/rockserver/core/impl/EmbeddedDB.java
+++ b/src/main/java/it/cavallium/rockserver/core/impl/EmbeddedDB.java
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ public class EmbeddedDB implements RocksDBSyncAPI, Closeable {
 								yield wb;
 							}
 							case SST_INGESTION, SST_INGEST_BEHIND -> {
-								var sstWriter = getSSTWriter(columnId, null, null, true, mode == PutBatchMode.SST_INGEST_BEHIND);
+								var sstWriter = getSSTWriter(columnId, null, null, false, mode == PutBatchMode.SST_INGEST_BEHIND);
 								refs.add(sstWriter);
 								yield sstWriter;
 							}
diff --git a/src/main/java/it/cavallium/rockserver/core/impl/rocksdb/RocksDBLoader.java b/src/main/java/it/cavallium/rockserver/core/impl/rocksdb/RocksDBLoader.java
index 4eb8521..6e114b0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/it/cavallium/rockserver/core/impl/rocksdb/RocksDBLoader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/it/cavallium/rockserver/core/impl/rocksdb/RocksDBLoader.java
@@ -488,8 +488,10 @@ public class RocksDBLoader {
             .stream()
             .map(volumeConfig -> {
                 try {
-                    return new DbPathRecord(definitiveDbPath.resolve(volumeConfig.volumePath()), volumeConfig.targetSize().longValue());
-                } catch (GestaltException e) {
+                    var volumePath = volumeConfig.volumePath();
+                    Objects.requireNonNull(volumePath, "volumePath is null");
+                    return new DbPathRecord(definitiveDbPath.resolve(volumePath), volumeConfig.targetSize().longValue());
+                } catch (NullPointerException | GestaltException e) {
                     throw it.cavallium.rockserver.core.common.RocksDBException.of(RocksDBErrorType.CONFIG_ERROR, "Failed to load volume configurations", e);
                 }
             })