Index: db.scm
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--- db.scm
+++ db.scm
@@ -2167,11 +2167,11 @@
     (sqlite3:set-busy-handler! db (sqlite3:make-busy-timeout 136000))
     (if (not db-exists)
 	(begin
 	  (sqlite3:execute db "PRAGMA synchronous = 0;")
 	  (sqlite3:execute db "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS no_sync_metadat (var TEXT,val TEXT, CONSTRAINT no_sync_metadat_constraint UNIQUE (var));")
-	  (sqlite3:execute db "PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL;")))
+	  #;(sqlite3:execute db "PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL;")))
     db))
 
 ;; if we are not a server create a db handle. this is not finalized
 ;; so watch for problems. I'm still not clear if it is needed to manually
 ;; finalize sqlite3 dbs with the sqlite3 egg.