diff --git a/applications/tari_base_node/src/config.rs b/applications/tari_base_node/src/config.rs
index 187f5d0391..f327119644 100644
--- a/applications/tari_base_node/src/config.rs
+++ b/applications/tari_base_node/src/config.rs
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ pub struct BaseNodeConfig {
 
 impl Default for BaseNodeConfig {
     fn default() -> Self {
+        let p2p = P2pConfig {
+            datastore_path: PathBuf::from("peer_db/base_node"),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
         Self {
             override_from: None,
             network: Network::LocalNet,
@@ -119,7 +123,7 @@ impl Default for BaseNodeConfig {
             identity_file: PathBuf::from("config/base_node_id.json"),
             use_libtor: false,
             tor_identity_file: PathBuf::from("config/tor_id.json"),
-            p2p: P2pConfig::default(),
+            p2p,
             db_type: DatabaseType::Lmdb,
             lmdb: Default::default(),
             data_dir: PathBuf::from("data/base_node"),
diff --git a/applications/tari_validator_node/src/comms.rs b/applications/tari_validator_node/src/comms.rs
index 2bccc1537a..dce7dd44ba 100644
--- a/applications/tari_validator_node/src/comms.rs
+++ b/applications/tari_validator_node/src/comms.rs
@@ -50,13 +50,13 @@ pub async fn build_service_and_comms_stack(
 ) -> Result<(ServiceHandles, SubscriptionFactory), ExitError> {
     let (publisher, peer_message_subscriptions) = pubsub_connector(100, 50);
 
-    let mut transport_config = config.validator_node.p2p.transport.clone();
-    transport_config.tor.identity = load_from_json(&config.validator_node.tor_identity_file)
+    let mut p2p_config = config.validator_node.p2p.clone();
+    p2p_config.transport.tor.identity = load_from_json(&config.validator_node.tor_identity_file)
         .map_err(|e| ExitError::new(ExitCode::ConfigError, e))?;
 
     let mut handles = StackBuilder::new(shutdown.clone())
         .add_initializer(P2pInitializer::new(
-            config.validator_node.p2p.clone(),
+            p2p_config.clone(),
             config.peer_seeds.clone(),
             // TODO: configurable
             Network::Dibbler,
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ pub async fn build_service_and_comms_stack(
 
     let comms = setup_p2p_rpc(config, comms, &handles, mempool, db_factory, asset_processor);
 
-    let comms = spawn_comms_using_transport(comms, transport_config)
+    let comms = spawn_comms_using_transport(comms, p2p_config.transport.clone())
         .await
         .map_err(|e| ExitError::new(ExitCode::ConfigError, format!("Could not spawn using transport: {}", e)))?;
 
diff --git a/applications/tari_validator_node/src/config.rs b/applications/tari_validator_node/src/config.rs
index 4eb2251dba..8169a10ca5 100644
--- a/applications/tari_validator_node/src/config.rs
+++ b/applications/tari_validator_node/src/config.rs
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ impl ValidatorNodeConfig {
 
 impl Default for ValidatorNodeConfig {
     fn default() -> Self {
+        let p2p = P2pConfig {
+            datastore_path: PathBuf::from("peer_db/validator_node"),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+
         Self {
             override_from: None,
             identity_file: PathBuf::from("validator_node_id.json"),
@@ -98,7 +103,7 @@ impl Default for ValidatorNodeConfig {
             data_dir: PathBuf::from("/data/validator_node"),
             committee_management_confirmation_time: 10,
             committee_management_polling_interval: 5,
-            p2p: P2pConfig::default(),
+            p2p,
             grpc_address: Some("/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/18144".parse().unwrap()),
         }
     }
diff --git a/base_layer/wallet/src/config.rs b/base_layer/wallet/src/config.rs
index 49d1cc9c8d..0e0f44afd6 100644
--- a/base_layer/wallet/src/config.rs
+++ b/base_layer/wallet/src/config.rs
@@ -78,9 +78,13 @@ pub struct WalletConfig {
 
 impl Default for WalletConfig {
     fn default() -> Self {
+        let p2p = P2pConfig {
+            datastore_path: PathBuf::from("peer_db/wallet"),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
         Self {
             override_from: None,
-            p2p: Default::default(),
+            p2p,
             transaction_service_config: Default::default(),
             output_manager_service_config: Default::default(),
             buffer_size: 100,