diff --git a/src/database/mod.rs b/src/database/mod.rs
index b958f98..2abd3ee 100644
--- a/src/database/mod.rs
+++ b/src/database/mod.rs
@@ -278,8 +278,8 @@ pub fn open_upend<P: AsRef<Path>>(
 
     let enable_wal_mode = true;
     pool.get().unwrap().execute(if enable_wal_mode {
-        trace!("Enabling WAL journal mode");
-        "PRAGMA journal_mode = WAL;"
+        trace!("Enabling WAL journal mode & truncating WAL log...");
+        "PRAGMA journal_mode = WAL;PRAGMA wal_checkpoint(TRUNCATE);"
     } else {
         trace!("Enabling TRUNCATE journal mode");
         "PRAGMA journal_mode = TRUNCATE;"