diff -r 44db9e1e7c7f -r b295f8985f13 src/SqlHandler.h
--- a/src/SqlHandler.h	Tue Oct 29 00:23:56 2019 +0100
+++ b/src/SqlHandler.h	Tue Oct 29 19:46:08 2019 +0100
@@ -137,6 +137,18 @@
 		else throw SqlException(L"Unable to prepare SQLite statement.");
 	}
 
+	void transactionBegin() {
+		sqlite3_exec(db, "BEGIN", nullptr, nullptr, nullptr);
+	}
+
+	void transactionCommit() {
+		sqlite3_exec(db, "COMMIT", nullptr, nullptr, nullptr);
+	}
+
+	void transactionRollback() {
+		sqlite3_exec(db, "ROLLBACK", nullptr, nullptr, nullptr);
+	}
+
 };
 
 class SqlHandler : public RelationalReaderValueHandler {
@@ -248,6 +260,7 @@
 		}
 
 		connection.reset(new Connection(file.c_str()));
+		connection->transactionBegin();
 	}
 
 	virtual ~SqlHandler() {
@@ -335,6 +348,8 @@
 
 		// pass-through some relations:
 		for (const CopyRelations& copy : configuration.copyRelations) copyRelations(copy);
+		
+		connection->transactionCommit();
 
 		// delete or keep the file:
 		if (configuration.file.size()) {