diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1995697..09297ba 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ go.work.sum
 # env file
 .env
 
-*.db
+data/
 secrets/
 
 node_modules/
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index f489072..dd732b3 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func main() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	db, err := otelsqlx.Open("sqlite3", "./data/spend-sparrow.db",
+	db, err := otelsqlx.Open("sqlite3", "./data/spend-sparrow.db?_journal_mode=WAL",
 		otelsql.WithAttributes(semconv.DBSystemSqlite))
 	if err != nil {
 		slog.ErrorContext(ctx, "Could not open Database data.db", "err", err)