diff --git a/rebar.config b/rebar.config
index 5ff7129..4936f36 100644
--- a/rebar.config
+++ b/rebar.config
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@
 
 {deps, [
        {plain_fsm, "1.1.*", {git, "git://github.com/uwiger/plain_fsm", {branch, "master"}}},
-       {ebloom, "1.0.*", {git, "git://github.com/basho/ebloom.git", {branch, "master"}}}
+       {ebloom, "1.0.*", {git, "git://github.com/basho/ebloom.git", {branch, "master"}}},
+       {basho_bench, ".*", {git, "git://github.com/basho/basho_bench.git", {branch, "master"}}}
 ]}.
diff --git a/src/basho_bench_driver_fractal_btree.erl b/src/basho_bench_driver_fractal_btree.erl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34db63c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/basho_bench_driver_fractal_btree.erl
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+-module(basho_bench_driver_fractal_btree).
+
+-record(state, { tree,
+                 filename,
+                 flags,
+                 sync_interval,
+                 last_sync }).
+
+-export([new/1,
+         run/4]).
+
+-include_lib("basho_bench/include/basho_bench.hrl").
+
+
+%% ====================================================================
+%% API
+%% ====================================================================
+
+new(_Id) ->
+    %% Make sure bitcask is available
+    case code:which(fractal_btree) of
+        non_existing ->
+            ?FAIL_MSG("~s requires fractal_btree to be available on code path.\n",
+                      [?MODULE]);
+        _ ->
+            ok
+    end,
+
+    %% Get the target directory
+    Dir = basho_bench_config:get(fractal_btree_dir, "."),
+    Filename = filename:join(Dir, "test.frac"),
+
+    %% Look for sync interval config
+    case basho_bench_config:get(fractal_btree_sync_interval, infinity) of
+        Value when is_integer(Value) ->
+            SyncInterval = Value;
+        infinity ->
+            SyncInterval = infinity
+    end,
+
+    %% Get any bitcask flags
+    case fractal_btree:open(Filename) of
+        {error, Reason} ->
+            ?FAIL_MSG("Failed to open fractal btree in ~s: ~p\n", [Filename, Reason]);
+        {ok, FBTree} ->
+            {ok, #state { tree = FBTree,
+                          filename = Filename,
+                          sync_interval = SyncInterval,
+                          last_sync = os:timestamp() }}
+    end.
+
+run(get, KeyGen, _ValueGen, State) ->
+    case fractal_btree:lookup(State#state.tree, KeyGen()) of
+        {ok, _Value} ->
+            {ok, State};
+        notfound ->
+            {ok, State};
+        {error, Reason} ->
+            {error, Reason}
+    end;
+run(put, KeyGen, ValueGen, State) ->
+    case fractal_btree:put(State#state.tree, KeyGen(), ValueGen()) of
+        ok ->
+            {ok, State};
+        {error, Reason} ->
+            {error, Reason}
+    end;
+run(delete, KeyGen, _ValueGen, State) ->
+    case fractal_btree:delete(State#state.tree, KeyGen()) of
+        ok ->
+            {ok, State};
+        {error, Reason} ->
+            {error, Reason}
+    end.
+
diff --git a/src/fractal_btree.erl b/src/fractal_btree.erl
index dc8253e..62e0014 100644
--- a/src/fractal_btree.erl
+++ b/src/fractal_btree.erl
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ do_put(Key, Value, State=#state{ nursery=Tree }) ->
 flush_nursery(State=#state{nursery=Tree, top=Top}) ->
     TreeSize = gb_trees:size( Tree ),
     if TreeSize > 0 ->
-            error_logger:info_msg("flushing to top=~p, alive=~p~n", [Top, erlang:is_process_alive(Top)]),
+%            error_logger:info_msg("flushing to top=~p, alive=~p~n", [Top, erlang:is_process_alive(Top)]),
             FileName = filename:join(State#state.dir, "nursery.data"),
             {ok, BT} = fractal_btree_writer:open(FileName, (1 bsl ?TOP_LEVEL)),
             lists:foreach( fun({Key2,Value2}) ->
diff --git a/src/fractal_btree_bbench.config b/src/fractal_btree_bbench.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3399ee8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/fractal_btree_bbench.config
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+
+{mode, max}.
+
+{duration, 1}.
+
+{concurrent, 1}.
+
+{driver, basho_bench_driver_fractal_btree}.
+
+{key_generator, {int_to_bin,{uniform_int, 5000000}}}.
+
+{value_generator, {fixed_bin, 10000}}.
+
+{operations, [{get, 1}, {put, 1}]}.
+
+%% the second element in the list below (e.g., "../../public/bitcask") must point to 
+%% the relevant directory of a fractal_btree installation 
+{code_paths, ["deps/stats",
+              "/Users/krab/Projects/fractal_btree/ebin",
+              "/Users/krab/Projects/fractal_btree/deps/plain_fsm/ebin",
+              "/Users/krab/Projects/fractal_btree/deps/ebloom/ebin"
+              ]}.
+
+{bitcask_dir, "/tmp/fractal_btree.bench"}.
+
+{bitcask_flags, [o_sync]}.
diff --git a/src/fractal_btree_level.erl b/src/fractal_btree_level.erl
index 6054835..4c07fb7 100644
--- a/src/fractal_btree_level.erl
+++ b/src/fractal_btree_level.erl
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ reply({PID,Ref}, Reply) ->
 
 
 initialize(State) ->
-    error_logger:info_msg("in ~p level=~p~n", [self(), State]),
+%    error_logger:info_msg("in ~p level=~p~n", [self(), State]),
 
     AFileName = filename("A",State),
     BFileName = filename("B",State),
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ check_begin_merge_then_loop(State) ->
 
 main_loop(State = #state{ next=Next }) ->
     Parent = plain_fsm:info(parent),
-    error_logger:info_msg("in main_loop~n", []),
     receive
         ?REQ(From, {lookup, Key})=Req ->
 	    case do_lookup(Key, [State#state.b, State#state.b, Next]) of
@@ -249,7 +248,7 @@ begin_merge(State) ->
                        {ok, OutCount} = fractal_btree_merger:merge(AFileName, BFileName, XFileName,
                                                                    State#state.level + 1),
 
-                       error_logger:info_msg("merge done ~p,~p -> ~p~n", [AFileName, BFileName, XFileName]),
+%                       error_logger:info_msg("merge done ~p,~p -> ~p~n", [AFileName, BFileName, XFileName]),
 
                        Owner ! {merge_done, OutCount, XFileName}
                end),
diff --git a/src/fractal_btree_writer.erl b/src/fractal_btree_writer.erl
index 0b85d6a..3e21eac 100644
--- a/src/fractal_btree_writer.erl
+++ b/src/fractal_btree_writer.erl
@@ -54,13 +54,19 @@ init([Name,Size]) ->
 
 %    io:format("got name: ~p~n", [Name]),
 
-    {ok, IdxFile} = file:open( fractal_btree_util:index_file_name(Name),
-                               [raw, exclusive, write, delayed_write]),
-    {ok, BloomFilter} = ebloom:new(erlang:min(Size,16#ffffffff), 0.01, 123),
-    {ok, #state{ name=Name,
-                 index_file_pos=0, index_file=IdxFile,
-                 bloom = BloomFilter
-               }}.
+    case file:open( fractal_btree_util:index_file_name(Name),
+                               [raw, exclusive, write, delayed_write]) of
+        {ok, IdxFile} ->
+            {ok, BloomFilter} = ebloom:new(erlang:min(Size,16#ffffffff), 0.01, 123),
+            {ok, #state{ name=Name,
+                         index_file_pos=0, index_file=IdxFile,
+                         bloom = BloomFilter
+                       }};
+        {error, _}=Error ->
+            error_logger:error_msg("fractal_btree_writer cannot open ~p: ~p~n", [Name, Error]),
+            {stop, Error}
+    end.
+
 
 handle_cast({add, Key, Data}, State) when is_binary(Key), is_binary(Data) ->
     {ok, State2} = add_record(0, Key, Data, State),