diff --git a/semanticizest/parse_wikidump/createtables.sql b/semanticizest/parse_wikidump/createtables.sql
index ace3086..7d5860e 100644
--- a/semanticizest/parse_wikidump/createtables.sql
+++ b/semanticizest/parse_wikidump/createtables.sql
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 pragma foreign_keys = on;
+pragma journal_mode = off;
 
 drop table if exists linkstats;
 drop table if exists ngrams;