diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index bbd79449..d0a4635e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -879,6 +879,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "form_urlencoded",
  "futures",
  "futures-util",
+ "garage_block",
  "garage_model 0.7.0",
  "garage_table 0.7.0",
  "garage_util 0.7.0",
@@ -906,6 +907,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "url",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "garage_block"
+version = "0.7.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "bytes 1.1.0",
+ "futures",
+ "futures-util",
+ "garage_rpc 0.7.0",
+ "garage_table 0.7.0",
+ "garage_util 0.7.0",
+ "hex",
+ "opentelemetry",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rmp-serde 0.15.5",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_bytes",
+ "sled",
+ "tokio",
+ "tracing",
+ "zstd",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "garage_model"
 version = "0.5.1"
@@ -940,6 +964,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "err-derive 0.3.1",
  "futures",
  "futures-util",
+ "garage_block",
  "garage_model 0.5.1",
  "garage_rpc 0.7.0",
  "garage_table 0.7.0",
diff --git a/src/api/Cargo.toml b/src/api/Cargo.toml
index d61a986f..5e96b081 100644
--- a/src/api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/api/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ path = "lib.rs"
 [dependencies]
 garage_model = { version = "0.7.0", path = "../model" }
 garage_table = { version = "0.7.0", path = "../table" }
+garage_block = { version = "0.7.0", path = "../block" }
 garage_util = { version = "0.7.0", path = "../util" }
 
 base64 = "0.13"
diff --git a/src/api/s3_put.rs b/src/api/s3_put.rs
index 5735fd10..d5c188d1 100644
--- a/src/api/s3_put.rs
+++ b/src/api/s3_put.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use garage_util::data::*;
 use garage_util::error::Error as GarageError;
 use garage_util::time::*;
 
-use garage_model::block::INLINE_THRESHOLD;
+use garage_block::manager::INLINE_THRESHOLD;
 use garage_model::block_ref_table::*;
 use garage_model::garage::Garage;
 use garage_model::key_table::Key;
diff --git a/src/block/Cargo.toml b/src/block/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9cba69ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/block/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+[package]
+name = "garage_block"
+version = "0.7.0"
+authors = ["Alex Auvolat <alex@adnab.me>"]
+edition = "2018"
+license = "AGPL-3.0"
+description = "Block manager for the Garage object store"
+repository = "https://git.deuxfleurs.fr/Deuxfleurs/garage"
+readme = "../../README.md"
+
+[lib]
+path = "lib.rs"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+garage_rpc = { version = "0.7.0", path = "../rpc" }
+garage_util = { version = "0.7.0", path = "../util" }
+garage_table = { version = "0.7.0", path = "../table" }
+
+opentelemetry = "0.17"
+
+async-trait = "0.1.7"
+bytes = "1.0"
+hex = "0.4"
+tracing = "0.1.30"
+rand = "0.8"
+zstd = { version = "0.9", default-features = false }
+
+sled = "0.34"
+
+rmp-serde = "0.15"
+serde = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["derive", "rc"] }
+serde_bytes = "0.11"
+
+futures = "0.3"
+futures-util = "0.3"
+tokio = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["rt", "rt-multi-thread", "io-util", "net", "time", "macros", "sync", "signal", "fs"] }
diff --git a/src/block/lib.rs b/src/block/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..47ff402d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/block/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate tracing;
+
+pub mod manager;
+
+mod metrics;
diff --git a/src/model/block.rs b/src/block/manager.rs
similarity index 97%
rename from src/model/block.rs
rename to src/block/manager.rs
index a41daa64..f047e1d3 100644
--- a/src/model/block.rs
+++ b/src/block/manager.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
-use arc_swap::ArcSwapOption;
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use zstd::stream::{decode_all as zstd_decode, Encoder};
@@ -31,9 +30,7 @@ use garage_rpc::*;
 
 use garage_table::replication::{TableReplication, TableShardedReplication};
 
-use crate::block_metrics::*;
-use crate::block_ref_table::*;
-use crate::garage::Garage;
+use crate::metrics::*;
 
 /// Size under which data will be stored inlined in database instead of as files
 pub const INLINE_THRESHOLD: usize = 3072;
@@ -151,6 +148,8 @@ pub struct BlockManager {
 	pub replication: TableShardedReplication,
 	/// Directory in which block are stored
 	pub data_dir: PathBuf,
+	/// Zstd compression level
+	compression_level: Option<i32>,
 
 	mutation_lock: Mutex<BlockManagerLocked>,
 
@@ -162,7 +161,6 @@ pub struct BlockManager {
 
 	system: Arc<System>,
 	endpoint: Arc<Endpoint<BlockRpc, Self>>,
-	pub(crate) garage: ArcSwapOption<Garage>,
 
 	metrics: BlockManagerMetrics,
 }
@@ -176,6 +174,7 @@ impl BlockManager {
 	pub fn new(
 		db: &sled::Db,
 		data_dir: PathBuf,
+		compression_level: Option<i32>,
 		replication: TableShardedReplication,
 		system: Arc<System>,
 	) -> Arc<Self> {
@@ -204,6 +203,7 @@ impl BlockManager {
 		let block_manager = Arc::new(Self {
 			replication,
 			data_dir,
+			compression_level,
 			mutation_lock: Mutex::new(manager_locked),
 			rc,
 			resync_queue,
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ impl BlockManager {
 			resync_errors,
 			system,
 			endpoint,
-			garage: ArcSwapOption::from(None),
 			metrics,
 		});
 		block_manager.endpoint.set_handler(block_manager.clone());
@@ -257,14 +256,7 @@ impl BlockManager {
 	/// Send block to nodes that should have it
 	pub async fn rpc_put_block(&self, hash: Hash, data: Vec<u8>) -> Result<(), Error> {
 		let who = self.replication.write_nodes(&hash);
-		let compression_level = self
-			.garage
-			.load()
-			.as_ref()
-			.unwrap()
-			.config
-			.compression_level;
-		let data = DataBlock::from_buffer(data, compression_level);
+		let data = DataBlock::from_buffer(data, self.compression_level);
 		self.system
 			.rpc
 			.try_call_many(
@@ -286,18 +278,10 @@ impl BlockManager {
 	/// to fix any mismatch between the two.
 	pub async fn repair_data_store(&self, must_exit: &watch::Receiver<bool>) -> Result<(), Error> {
 		// 1. Repair blocks from RC table.
-		let garage = self.garage.load_full().unwrap();
-		let mut last_hash = None;
-		for (i, entry) in garage.block_ref_table.data.store.iter().enumerate() {
-			let (_k, v_bytes) = entry?;
-			let block_ref = rmp_serde::decode::from_read_ref::<_, BlockRef>(v_bytes.as_ref())?;
-			if Some(&block_ref.block) == last_hash.as_ref() {
-				continue;
-			}
-			if !block_ref.deleted.get() {
-				last_hash = Some(block_ref.block);
-				self.put_to_resync(&block_ref.block, Duration::from_secs(0))?;
-			}
+		for (i, entry) in self.rc.iter().enumerate() {
+			let (hash, _) = entry?;
+			let hash = Hash::try_from(&hash[..]).unwrap();
+			self.put_to_resync(&hash, Duration::from_secs(0))?;
 			if i & 0xFF == 0 && *must_exit.borrow() {
 				return Ok(());
 			}
diff --git a/src/model/block_metrics.rs b/src/block/metrics.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/model/block_metrics.rs
rename to src/block/metrics.rs
diff --git a/src/garage/server.rs b/src/garage/server.rs
index 37c3535e..58c9e782 100644
--- a/src/garage/server.rs
+++ b/src/garage/server.rs
@@ -98,8 +98,7 @@ pub async fn run_server(config_file: PathBuf) -> Result<(), Error> {
 	// Await for netapp RPC system to end
 	run_system.await?;
 
-	// Break last reference cycles so that stuff can terminate properly
-	garage.break_reference_cycles();
+	// Drop all references so that stuff can terminate properly
 	drop(garage);
 
 	// Await for all background tasks to end
diff --git a/src/model/Cargo.toml b/src/model/Cargo.toml
index 64eae0f4..007cec89 100644
--- a/src/model/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/model/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ path = "lib.rs"
 [dependencies]
 garage_rpc = { version = "0.7.0", path = "../rpc" }
 garage_table = { version = "0.7.0", path = "../table" }
+garage_block = { version = "0.7.0", path = "../block" }
 garage_util = { version = "0.7.0", path = "../util" }
 garage_model_050 = { package = "garage_model", version = "0.5.1" }
 
diff --git a/src/model/block_ref_table.rs b/src/model/block_ref_table.rs
index 7dc973d5..0ab3d7e8 100644
--- a/src/model/block_ref_table.rs
+++ b/src/model/block_ref_table.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use garage_util::data::*;
 use garage_table::crdt::Crdt;
 use garage_table::*;
 
-use crate::block::*;
+use garage_block::manager::*;
 
 #[derive(PartialEq, Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct BlockRef {
diff --git a/src/model/garage.rs b/src/model/garage.rs
index 78b4433a..3f2605f1 100644
--- a/src/model/garage.rs
+++ b/src/model/garage.rs
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ use garage_table::replication::ReplicationMode;
 use garage_table::replication::TableFullReplication;
 use garage_table::replication::TableShardedReplication;
 use garage_table::*;
+use garage_block::manager::*;
 
-use crate::block::*;
 use crate::block_ref_table::*;
 use crate::bucket_alias_table::*;
 use crate::bucket_table::*;
@@ -87,7 +87,10 @@ impl Garage {
 
 		info!("Initialize block manager...");
 		let block_manager =
-			BlockManager::new(&db, config.data_dir.clone(), data_rep_param, system.clone());
+			BlockManager::new(&db,
+							  config.data_dir.clone(),
+							  config.compression_level,
+							  data_rep_param, system.clone());
 
 		info!("Initialize block_ref_table...");
 		let block_ref_table = Table::new(
@@ -151,17 +154,11 @@ impl Garage {
 		});
 
 		info!("Start block manager background thread...");
-		garage.block_manager.garage.swap(Some(garage.clone()));
 		garage.block_manager.clone().spawn_background_worker();
 
 		garage
 	}
 
-	/// Use this for shutdown
-	pub fn break_reference_cycles(&self) {
-		self.block_manager.garage.swap(None);
-	}
-
 	pub fn bucket_helper(&self) -> helper::bucket::BucketHelper {
 		helper::bucket::BucketHelper(self)
 	}
diff --git a/src/model/lib.rs b/src/model/lib.rs
index 6da86fc6..05a4cdc7 100644
--- a/src/model/lib.rs
+++ b/src/model/lib.rs
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ pub mod key_table;
 pub mod object_table;
 pub mod version_table;
 
-pub mod block;
-mod block_metrics;
-
 pub mod garage;
 pub mod helper;
 pub mod migrate;