@@ -81,11 +81,12 @@
 	(set! *db-write-access* write-access)) ;; only unset so other db's also can use this control
     (debug:print-info 11 "open-db, dbpath=" dbpath " argv=" (argv))
     (sqlite3:set-busy-handler! db handler)
     (if (not dbexists)
 	(db:initialize db))
-    (db:set-sync db)
+    ;; Moving db:set-sync to a call in run.scm - it is a persistent value and only needs to be set once
+    ;; (db:set-sync db)
     db))
 
 ;; keeping it around for debugging purposes only
 (define (open-run-close-no-exception-handling  proc idb . params)
   (debug:print-info 11 "open-run-close-no-exception-handling START given a db=" (if idb "yes " "no ") ", params=" params)