diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 027cd7e85..b67a7935c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2204,6 +2204,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "db-access"
+version = "0.0.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "eyre",
+ "reth-db",
+ "reth-primitives",
+ "reth-provider",
+ "reth-rpc-types",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "debug-helper"
 version = "0.3.13"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 954fd85d8..cee449b22 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ members = [
     "examples/custom-inspector/",
     "examples/exex/minimal/",
     "examples/exex/op-bridge/",
+    "examples/db-access",
     "testing/ef-tests/",
 ]
 default-members = ["bin/reth"]
diff --git a/examples/Cargo.toml b/examples/Cargo.toml
index 2379e9a0f..02c571786 100644
--- a/examples/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@ futures.workspace = true
 async-trait.workspace = true
 tokio.workspace = true
 
-[[example]]
-name = "db-access"
-path = "db-access.rs"
-
 [[example]]
 name = "network"
 path = "network.rs"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md
index dcec15d35..574efe961 100644
--- a/examples/README.md
+++ b/examples/README.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ to make a PR!
 
 | Example                     | Description                                                     |
 | --------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| [DB access](./db-access.rs) | Illustrates how to access Reth's database in a separate process |
+| [DB access](./db-access) | Illustrates how to access Reth's database in a separate process |
 
 ## Network
 
diff --git a/examples/db-access/Cargo.toml b/examples/db-access/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e447493c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/db-access/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[package]
+name = "db-access"
+version = "0.0.0"
+publish = false
+edition.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
+
+
+[dependencies]
+reth-db.workspace = true
+reth-primitives.workspace = true
+reth-provider.workspace = true
+reth-rpc-types.workspace = true
+
+
+eyre.workspace = true
diff --git a/examples/db-access.rs b/examples/db-access/src/main.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/db-access.rs
rename to examples/db-access/src/main.rs