diff --git a/lladd/transactional.h b/lladd/transactional.h
index 4251a5f..ea4b57a 100644
--- a/lladd/transactional.h
+++ b/lladd/transactional.h
@@ -264,6 +264,14 @@ typedef struct {
   signed long long size;
 } recordid;
 
+typedef struct {
+  size_t offset;
+  size_t size;
+  unsigned fd : 1;
+} blob_record_t;
+
+
+
 extern const recordid ROOT_RECORD;
 extern const recordid NULLRID;
 
diff --git a/src/lladd/blobManager.c b/src/lladd/blobManager.c
index f3c39c3..d8e301b 100644
--- a/src/lladd/blobManager.c
+++ b/src/lladd/blobManager.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include <unistd.h>
 #include <config.h>
 #include <lladd/common.h>
 
@@ -137,6 +138,8 @@ void openBlobStore() {
 
   dirtyBlobs = pblHtCreate();
   pthread_mutex_init(&blob_hash_mutex, NULL);
+
+  
 }
 
 /** Discards all changes to dirty blobs, and closes the blob store. 
diff --git a/src/lladd/blobManager.h b/src/lladd/blobManager.h
index f7b45cb..c48fe57 100644
--- a/src/lladd/blobManager.h
+++ b/src/lladd/blobManager.h
@@ -70,12 +70,6 @@ void commitBlobs(int xid);
 
 void abortBlobs(int xid);
 
-typedef struct {
-  size_t offset;
-  size_t size;
-  unsigned fd : 1;
-} blob_record_t;
-
 
 compensated_function recordid preAllocBlob(int xid, long blobsize);
 compensated_function recordid preAllocBlobFromPage(int xid, long page, long blobsize);