diff --git a/appview/db/db.go b/appview/db/db.go
index 1bb3993..5d9ae04 100644
--- a/appview/db/db.go
+++ b/appview/db/db.go
@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@ func Make(dbPath string) (*DB, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	_, err = db.Exec(`
+		pragma journal_mode = WAL;
+		pragma synchronous = normal;
+		pragma foreign_keys = on;
+		pragma temp_store = memory;
+		pragma mmap_size = 30000000000;
+		pragma page_size = 32768;
+		pragma auto_vacuum = incremental;
+		pragma busy_timeout = 5000;
+
 		create table if not exists registrations (
 			id integer primary key autoincrement,
 			domain text not null unique,
diff --git a/knotserver/db/init.go b/knotserver/db/init.go
index c27f948..0f74fd2 100644
--- a/knotserver/db/init.go
+++ b/knotserver/db/init.go
@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@ func Setup(dbPath string) (*DB, error) {
 	}
 
 	_, err = db.Exec(`
+		pragma journal_mode = WAL;
+		pragma synchronous = normal;
+		pragma foreign_keys = on;
+		pragma temp_store = memory;
+		pragma mmap_size = 30000000000;
+		pragma page_size = 32768;
+		pragma auto_vacuum = incremental;
+		pragma busy_timeout = 5000;
+
 		create table if not exists known_dids (
 			did text primary key
 		);
@@ -30,15 +39,6 @@ func Setup(dbPath string) (*DB, error) {
 			foreign key (did) references known_dids(did) on delete cascade
 		);
 
-		create table if not exists repos (
-			id integer primary key autoincrement,
-			did text not null,
-			name text not null,
-			description text not null,
-			created text not null default (strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ', 'now')),
-			unique(did, name)
-		);
-
 		create table if not exists _jetstream (
 			id integer primary key autoincrement,
 			last_time_us integer not null