diff --git a/cmd/toxstatus/cmd/root.go b/cmd/toxstatus/cmd/root.go
index e94153c..b8a301b 100644
--- a/cmd/toxstatus/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/toxstatus/cmd/root.go
@@ -72,9 +72,8 @@ func startRoot(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		NoColor: !isatty.IsTerminal(os.Stderr.Fd()),
 	}))
 
-	readConn, writeConn, err := db.OpenReadWrite(ctx, rootFlags.DB, db.OpenOptions{
-		CacheSize: rootFlags.DBCacheSize,
-	})
+	db.RegisterPragmaHook(rootFlags.DBCacheSize)
+	readConn, writeConn, err := db.OpenReadWrite(ctx, rootFlags.DB, db.OpenOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
 		logErrorAndExit(logger, "Unable to open db", slog.Any("err", err))
 	}
diff --git a/internal/db/open.go b/internal/db/open.go
index 532d063..9b626c5 100644
--- a/internal/db/open.go
+++ b/internal/db/open.go
@@ -6,11 +6,30 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/url"
 	"runtime"
+
+	"github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
 )
 
 type OpenOptions struct {
-	CacheSize int
-	Params    map[string]string
+	Params map[string]string
+}
+
+func RegisterPragmaHook(cacheSize int) {
+	sql.Register("toxstatus_sqlite3", &sqlite3.SQLiteDriver{
+		ConnectHook: func(c *sqlite3.SQLiteConn) error {
+			fmt.Println("Executing pragmas")
+			pragmas := fmt.Sprintf(`
+				PRAGMA journal_mode = WAL;
+				PRAGMA busy_timeout = 5000;
+				PRAGMA synchronous = NORMAL;
+				PRAGMA cache_size = -%d;
+				PRAGMA foreign_keys = true;
+				PRAGMA temp_store = memory;
+			`, cacheSize)
+			_, err := c.Exec(pragmas, nil)
+			return err
+		},
+	})
 }
 
 func OpenReadWrite(ctx context.Context, dbFile string, opts OpenOptions) (rdb *sql.DB, wdb *sql.DB, err error) {
@@ -27,16 +46,7 @@ func OpenReadWrite(ctx context.Context, dbFile string, opts OpenOptions) (rdb *s
 	query.Set("_txlock", "immediate")
 	uri.RawQuery = query.Encode()
 
-	pragmas := fmt.Sprintf(`
-		PRAGMA journal_mode = WAL;
-		PRAGMA busy_timeout = 5000;
-		PRAGMA synchronous = NORMAL;
-		PRAGMA cache_size = -%d;
-		PRAGMA foreign_keys = true;
-		PRAGMA temp_store = memory;
-	`, opts.CacheSize)
-
-	readConn, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", uri.String())
+	readConn, err := sql.Open("toxstatus_sqlite3", uri.String())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
@@ -47,11 +57,7 @@ func OpenReadWrite(ctx context.Context, dbFile string, opts OpenOptions) (rdb *s
 	}()
 	readConn.SetMaxOpenConns(max(4, runtime.NumCPU()))
 
-	if _, err = readConn.ExecContext(ctx, pragmas); err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("configure db conn: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	writeConn, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", uri.String())
+	writeConn, err := sql.Open("toxstatus_sqlite3", uri.String())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
@@ -62,10 +68,6 @@ func OpenReadWrite(ctx context.Context, dbFile string, opts OpenOptions) (rdb *s
 	}()
 	writeConn.SetMaxOpenConns(1)
 
-	if _, err = writeConn.ExecContext(ctx, pragmas); err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("configure db conn: %w", err)
-	}
-
 	if _, err = writeConn.ExecContext(ctx, Schema); err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("init db: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/repo/repo_test.go b/internal/repo/repo_test.go
index 568ae1d..a546fcd 100644
--- a/internal/repo/repo_test.go
+++ b/internal/repo/repo_test.go
@@ -16,10 +16,13 @@ import (
 
 var ctx = context.Background()
 
+func init() {
+	db.RegisterPragmaHook(2000)
+}
+
 func initRepo(t *testing.T) (repo *NodesRepo, close func() error) {
 	readConn, writeConn, err := db.OpenReadWrite(ctx, ":memory:", db.OpenOptions{
-		CacheSize: 2000,
-		Params:    map[string]string{"cache": "shared"},
+		Params: map[string]string{"cache": "shared"},
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)