diff --git a/receipts.py b/receipts.py
index 159dbd1..887b12a 100644
--- a/receipts.py
+++ b/receipts.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ def __init__(
         for _ in range(self.connection_pool_size):
             conn = sqlite3.connect(self.db_path, check_same_thread=False)
             conn.execute("PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL")
+            conn.execute("PRAGMA synchronous=NORMAL")
             conn.execute("PRAGMA busy_timeout=5000")  # 5 second timeout
             self.pool.put(conn)