diff --git a/python/lib/database.py b/python/lib/database.py
index ad0b3d91a..de80fa64f 100644
--- a/python/lib/database.py
+++ b/python/lib/database.py
@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ def connect(self):
                 user=self.user_name,
                 passwd=self.password,
                 port=self.port,
-                db=self.db_name
+                db=self.db_name,
+                autocommit=True,
             )
             # self.cnx.cursor = self.cnx.cursor(prepared=True)
         except MySQLdb.Error as err:
@@ -178,7 +179,6 @@ def insert(self, table_name, column_names, values, get_last_id=False):
             else:
                 # else, values is a tuple and want to execute only one insert
                 cursor.execute(query, values)
-            self.con.commit()
             last_id = cursor.lastrowid
             cursor.close()
         except MySQLdb.Error as err:
@@ -206,7 +206,6 @@ def update(self, query, args):
         try:
             cursor = self.con.cursor()
             cursor.execute(query, args)
-            self.con.commit()
         except MySQLdb.Error as err:
             raise Exception("Update query failure: " + format(err))
 
diff --git a/python/tests/integration/scripts/test_run_dicom_archive_loader.py b/python/tests/integration/scripts/test_run_dicom_archive_loader.py
index 66dc74d06..5544f6199 100644
--- a/python/tests/integration/scripts/test_run_dicom_archive_loader.py
+++ b/python/tests/integration/scripts/test_run_dicom_archive_loader.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ def test():
         'run_dicom_archive_loader.py',
         '--profile', 'database_config.py',
         '--tarchive_path', '/data/loris/tarchive/DCM_2015-07-07_ImagingUpload-14-30-FoTt1K.tar',
+        '--verbose',
     ], capture_output=True)
 
     # Print the standard output and error for debugging