diff --git a/badger/connection.go b/badger/connection.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..084df89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/badger/connection.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package badger
+
+import "github.com/dgraph-io/badger/badger"
+
+// Connection - Connection
+type Connection struct {
+	DB *badger.KV
+}
+
+// Open - open connection and set up
+func (c *Connection) Open(path string) {
+	opt := badger.DefaultOptions
+	opt.Dir = path
+	opt.ValueDir = opt.Dir
+	db, err := badger.NewKV(&opt)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	c.DB = db
+}
+
+// Close - close connection and clean up
+func (c *Connection) Close() {
+	c.DB.Close()
+}
diff --git a/badger/coord.go b/badger/coord.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..acd10b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/badger/coord.go
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package badger
+
+import (
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"log"
+	"math"
+
+	"github.com/dgraph-io/badger/badger"
+	"github.com/missinglink/gosmparse"
+)
+
+// WriteCoord - encode and write lat/lon pair to db
+func (c *Connection) WriteCoord(item gosmparse.Node) error {
+
+	// encode id
+	key := make([]byte, 8)
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(key, uint64(item.ID))
+
+	// encode lat
+	lat := make([]byte, 8)
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(lat, math.Float64bits(item.Lat))
+
+	// encode lon
+	lon := make([]byte, 8)
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(lon, math.Float64bits(item.Lon))
+
+	// value
+	value := append(lat, lon...)
+
+	// write to db
+	err := c.DB.Set(key, value)
+	log.Println("wrote", item.ID)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println("write error", err)
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// ReadCoord - read lat/lon pair from db and decode
+func (c *Connection) ReadCoord(id int64) (*gosmparse.Node, error) {
+
+	// encode id
+	key := make([]byte, 8)
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(key, uint64(id))
+
+	// read from db
+	var item badger.KVItem
+	err := c.DB.Get(key, &item)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	data := item.Value()
+
+	// decode item
+	return &gosmparse.Node{
+		ID:  id,
+		Lat: math.Float64frombits(binary.BigEndian.Uint64(data[:8])),
+		Lon: math.Float64frombits(binary.BigEndian.Uint64(data[8:])),
+	}, nil
+}
diff --git a/command/json_flat.go b/command/json_flat.go
index 448cca6..93d8018 100644
--- a/command/json_flat.go
+++ b/command/json_flat.go
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"os"
 
+	"github.com/missinglink/pbf/badger"
 	"github.com/missinglink/pbf/handler"
-	"github.com/missinglink/pbf/leveldb"
 	"github.com/missinglink/pbf/lib"
 	"github.com/missinglink/pbf/parser"
 	"github.com/missinglink/pbf/proxy"
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func JSONFlat(c *cli.Context) error {
 	lib.EnsureDirectoryExists(leveldbPath, "leveldb")
 
 	// open database connection
-	conn := &leveldb.Connection{}
+	conn := &badger.Connection{}
 	conn.Open(leveldbPath)
 	defer conn.Close()
 
diff --git a/command/store_noderefs.go b/command/store_noderefs.go
index 8ed27ce..42479de 100644
--- a/command/store_noderefs.go
+++ b/command/store_noderefs.go
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"os"
 
+	"github.com/missinglink/pbf/badger"
 	"github.com/missinglink/pbf/handler"
-	"github.com/missinglink/pbf/leveldb"
 	"github.com/missinglink/pbf/lib"
 	"github.com/missinglink/pbf/parser"
 	"github.com/missinglink/pbf/proxy"
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func StoreNodeRefs(c *cli.Context) error {
 	lib.EnsureDirectoryExists(leveldbPath, "leveldb")
 
 	// open database connection
-	conn := &leveldb.Connection{}
+	conn := &badger.Connection{}
 	conn.Open(leveldbPath)
 	defer conn.Close()
 
diff --git a/handler/denormalized_json.go b/handler/denormalized_json.go
index 7de9c4c..0138da0 100644
--- a/handler/denormalized_json.go
+++ b/handler/denormalized_json.go
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@ import (
 	"log"
 
 	"github.com/missinglink/gosmparse"
+	"github.com/missinglink/pbf/badger"
 	"github.com/missinglink/pbf/json"
-	"github.com/missinglink/pbf/leveldb"
 	"github.com/missinglink/pbf/lib"
 )
 
 // DenormalizedJSON - JSON
 type DenormalizedJSON struct {
 	Writer          *lib.BufferedWriter
-	Conn            *leveldb.Connection
+	Conn            *badger.Connection
 	ComputeCentroid bool
 	ExportLatLons   bool
 }
diff --git a/proxy/store_noderefs.go b/proxy/store_noderefs.go
index cf04c07..cb6ddd7 100644
--- a/proxy/store_noderefs.go
+++ b/proxy/store_noderefs.go
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ import (
 	"log"
 
 	"github.com/missinglink/gosmparse"
-	"github.com/missinglink/pbf/leveldb"
+	"github.com/missinglink/pbf/badger"
 	"github.com/missinglink/pbf/lib"
 )
 
 // StoreRefs - filter only elements that appear in masks
 type StoreRefs struct {
 	Handler gosmparse.OSMReader
-	Conn    *leveldb.Connection
+	Conn    *badger.Connection
 	Masks   *lib.BitmaskMap
 }