diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8d335a9..407522a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
+# Cargo/Rust
 /target
-/.vscode
+Cargo.lock
+
+# Visual studio code
+.vscode
+
+# Sqlite databases
 /*.db
-Cargo.lock
\ No newline at end of file
+*.db-shm
+*.db-wal
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sprinklers_database/src/lib.rs b/sprinklers_database/src/lib.rs
index 671fc6f..974e2c0 100644
--- a/sprinklers_database/src/lib.rs
+++ b/sprinklers_database/src/lib.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ pub fn setup_db() -> Result<DbConn> {
     // let conn = DbConn::open_in_memory()?;
     let mut conn = DbConn::open("test.db")?;
 
+    // Go ahead and use write ahead log for better perf
+    conn.execute_batch("PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL;")?;
+
     let migs = create_migrations();
     migs.apply(&mut conn)?;