diff --git a/benchmarks/sequentialThroughput.c b/benchmarks/sequentialThroughput.c
index 5763121..cdf9d94 100644
--- a/benchmarks/sequentialThroughput.c
+++ b/benchmarks/sequentialThroughput.c
@@ -46,9 +46,21 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
     } else if(!strcmp(argv[i], "--deprecatedFH")) {
       bufferManagerFileHandleType = BUFFER_MANAGER_FILE_HANDLE_DEPRECATED;
       legacyFH = 1;
-    } else if(!strcmp(argv[i], "--pfile")) {
-      bufferManagerNonBlockingSlowHandleType = IO_HANDLE_PFILE;
+    } else if(!strcmp(argv[i], "--nb")) {
+      bufferManagerFileHandleType = BUFFER_MANAGER_FILE_HANDLE_NON_BLOCKING;
+      legacyBM = 0;
+      legacyFH = 0;
     } else if(!strcmp(argv[i], "--file")) {
+      bufferManagerFileHandleType = BUFFER_MANAGER_FILE_HANDLE_FILE;
+      legacyBM = 0;
+      legacyFH = 0;
+    } else if(!strcmp(argv[i], "--pfile")) {
+      bufferManagerFileHandleType = BUFFER_MANAGER_FILE_HANDLE_PFILE;
+      legacyBM = 0;
+      legacyFH = 0;
+    } else if(!strcmp(argv[i], "--nb_pfile")) {
+      bufferManagerNonBlockingSlowHandleType = IO_HANDLE_PFILE;
+    } else if(!strcmp(argv[i], "--nb_file")) {
       bufferManagerNonBlockingSlowHandleType = IO_HANDLE_FILE;
     } else if(!strcmp(argv[i], "--mb")) {
       i++;
diff --git a/src/stasis/transactional2.c b/src/stasis/transactional2.c
index 4672197..0ca2707 100644
--- a/src/stasis/transactional2.c
+++ b/src/stasis/transactional2.c
@@ -136,27 +136,29 @@ int Tinit() {
 	LogInit(loggerType);
 	stasis_page_init();
 
+#ifndef HAVE_O_DIRECT
+	if(bufferManagerO_DIRECT) {
+	  printf("O_DIRECT not supported by this build; switching to conventional buffered I/O.\n");
+	  bufferManagerO_DIRECT = 0;
+	}
+#endif
+	int openMode;
+	if(bufferManagerO_DIRECT) {
+#ifdef HAVE_O_DIRECT
+	  openMode = O_CREAT | O_RDWR | O_DIRECT;
+#else
+              printf("Can't happen\n");
+              abort();
+#endif
+	} else {
+	  openMode = O_CREAT | O_RDWR;
+	}
         switch(bufferManagerFileHandleType) {
           case BUFFER_MANAGER_FILE_HANDLE_NON_BLOCKING: {
             struct sf_args * slow_arg = malloc(sizeof(sf_args));
             slow_arg->filename = STORE_FILE;
 
-#ifndef HAVE_O_DIRECT
-            if(bufferManagerO_DIRECT) {
-              printf("O_DIRECT not supported by this build; switching to conventional buffered I/O.\n");
-              bufferManagerO_DIRECT = 0;
-            }
-#endif
-            if(bufferManagerO_DIRECT) {
-#ifdef HAVE_O_DIRECT
-              slow_arg->openMode = O_CREAT | O_RDWR | O_DIRECT;
-#else
-              printf("Can't happen\n");
-              abort();
-#endif
-            } else {
-              slow_arg->openMode = O_CREAT | O_RDWR;
-            }
+	    slow_arg->openMode = openMode;
 
             slow_arg->filePerm = FILE_PERM;
             // Allow 4MB of outstanding writes.
@@ -183,7 +185,17 @@ int Tinit() {
             //pageFile = stasis_handle(open_debug)(pageFile);
             pageHandleOpen(pageFile);
           } break;
-          case BUFFER_MANAGER_FILE_HANDLE_DEPRECATED: { 
+	  case BUFFER_MANAGER_FILE_HANDLE_FILE: {
+	    stasis_handle_t * pageFile =
+	      stasis_handle_open_file(0, STORE_FILE, openMode, FILE_PERM);
+	    pageHandleOpen(pageFile);
+	  } break;
+	  case BUFFER_MANAGER_FILE_HANDLE_PFILE: {
+	    stasis_handle_t * pageFile =
+	      stasis_handle_open_pfile(0, STORE_FILE, openMode, FILE_PERM);
+	    pageHandleOpen(pageFile);
+	  } break;
+	  case BUFFER_MANAGER_FILE_HANDLE_DEPRECATED: { 
             printf("\nWarning: Using old I/O routines (with known bugs).\n");
             openPageFile();
           } break;
@@ -193,8 +205,6 @@ int Tinit() {
             abort();
           }
         }
-        //#else
-        //#endif // USE_PAGEFILE
 	bufInit(bufferManagerType);
         DEBUG("Buffer manager type = %d\n", bufferManagerType);
 	pageOperationsInit();
diff --git a/stasis/constants.h b/stasis/constants.h
index 5598d0e..c05c07d 100644
--- a/stasis/constants.h
+++ b/stasis/constants.h
@@ -97,7 +97,9 @@ terms specified in this license.
 #define BUFFER_MANAGER_DEPRECATED_HASH 3
 
 #define BUFFER_MANAGER_FILE_HANDLE_NON_BLOCKING 0
-#define BUFFER_MANAGER_FILE_HANDLE_DEPRECATED 1
+#define BUFFER_MANAGER_FILE_HANDLE_FILE 1
+#define BUFFER_MANAGER_FILE_HANDLE_PFILE 2
+#define BUFFER_MANAGER_FILE_HANDLE_DEPRECATED 3
 
 #define IO_HANDLE_FILE 1
 #define IO_HANDLE_PFILE 2