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 6e114b0..6214c88 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
@@ -150,6 +150,17 @@ public class RocksDBLoader {
 
             if (columnOptions.levels().length > 0) {
                 columnFamilyOptions.setNumLevels(columnOptions.levels().length);
+
+                List<CompressionType> compressionPerLevel = new ArrayList<>();
+                for (ColumnLevelConfig columnLevelConfig : columnOptions.levels()) {
+                    CompressionType compression = columnLevelConfig.compression();
+                    compressionPerLevel.add(compression);
+                }
+                if (compressionPerLevel.size() != columnOptions.levels().length) {
+                    throw it.cavallium.rockserver.core.common.RocksDBException.of(RocksDBErrorType.CONFIG_ERROR, "Database column levels and compression per level count is different! %s != %s".formatted(compressionPerLevel.size(), columnOptions.levels().length));
+                }
+                columnFamilyOptions.setCompressionPerLevel(compressionPerLevel);
+
                 var firstLevelOptions = getRocksLevelOptions(columnOptions.levels()[0], refs);
                 columnFamilyOptions.setCompressionType(firstLevelOptions.compressionType);
                 columnFamilyOptions.setCompressionOptions(firstLevelOptions.compressionOptions);
@@ -158,13 +169,6 @@ public class RocksDBLoader {
                         .levels()[columnOptions.levels().length - 1], refs);
                 columnFamilyOptions.setBottommostCompressionType(lastLevelOptions.compressionType);
                 columnFamilyOptions.setBottommostCompressionOptions(lastLevelOptions.compressionOptions);
-
-                List<CompressionType> compressionPerLevel = new ArrayList<>();
-                for (ColumnLevelConfig columnLevelConfig : columnOptions.levels()) {
-                    CompressionType compression = columnLevelConfig.compression();
-                    compressionPerLevel.add(compression);
-                }
-                columnFamilyOptions.setCompressionPerLevel(compressionPerLevel);
             } else {
                 columnFamilyOptions.setNumLevels(7);
                 List<CompressionType> compressionTypes = new ArrayList<>(7);
diff --git a/src/main/java/it/cavallium/rockserver/core/impl/rocksdb/SSTWriter.java b/src/main/java/it/cavallium/rockserver/core/impl/rocksdb/SSTWriter.java
index 7f0c2b7..2ce878a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/it/cavallium/rockserver/core/impl/rocksdb/SSTWriter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/it/cavallium/rockserver/core/impl/rocksdb/SSTWriter.java
@@ -49,16 +49,16 @@ public record SSTWriter(RocksDB db, it.cavallium.rockserver.core.impl.ColumnInst
                     .setParanoidFileChecks(false);
             if (columnConifg != null) {
                 options
-                        .setCompressionType(columnConifg.compressionType())
-                        .setCompressionOptions(columnConifg.compressionOptions())
-                        .setBottommostCompressionType(columnConifg.bottommostCompressionType())
-                        .setBottommostCompressionOptions(columnConifg.bottommostCompressionOptions())
-                        .setCompressionPerLevel(columnConifg.compressionPerLevel())
                         .setNumLevels(columnConifg.numLevels())
                         .setTableFormatConfig(columnConifg.tableFormatConfig())
                         .setTargetFileSizeBase(columnConifg.targetFileSizeBase())
                         .setTargetFileSizeMultiplier(columnConifg.targetFileSizeMultiplier())
-                        .setMaxOpenFiles(-1);
+                        .setMaxOpenFiles(-1)
+                        .setCompressionPerLevel(columnConifg.compressionPerLevel())
+                        .setCompressionType(columnConifg.compressionType())
+                        .setCompressionOptions(columnConifg.compressionOptions())
+                        .setBottommostCompressionType(columnConifg.bottommostCompressionType())
+                        .setBottommostCompressionOptions(columnConifg.bottommostCompressionOptions());
                 if (columnConifg.memTableConfig() != null) {
                         options.setMemTableConfig(columnConifg.memTableConfig());
                 } else {