diff --git a/src/schema.rs b/src/schema.rs
index 987b6dd..bc2b002 100644
--- a/src/schema.rs
+++ b/src/schema.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use std::time::Instant;
 pub const STARTUP_SQL: &str = r##"
 PRAGMA main.synchronous=NORMAL;
 PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON;
+PRAGMA journal_size_limit=32768;
 pragma mmap_size = 536870912; -- 512MB of mmap
 "##;