diff --git a/src/database/mod.rs b/src/database/mod.rs
index 63533dd..b958f98 100644
--- a/src/database/mod.rs
+++ b/src/database/mod.rs
@@ -219,6 +219,10 @@ impl ConnectionOptions {
             trace!("Setting busy_timeout to {:?}", duration);
             conn.execute(&format!("PRAGMA busy_timeout = {};", duration.as_millis()))?;
         }
+
+        trace!("Setting \"synchronous\" to NORMAL");
+        conn.execute("PRAGMA synchronous = NORMAL;")?;
+
         Ok(())
     }
 }