diff --git a/internal/database/database.go b/internal/database/database.go
index 6096f70..ebcc06f 100644
--- a/internal/database/database.go
+++ b/internal/database/database.go
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ func Initialize() error {
 		sql.SetMaxOpenConns(1)
 		sql.SetConnMaxLifetime(time.Hour)
 	}
+	if tx := db.Exec("PRAGMA synchronous = OFF"); tx.Error != nil {
+		return errors.WithStack(tx.Error)
+	}
+	if tx := db.Exec("PRAGMA journal_mode = MEMORY"); tx.Error != nil {
+		return errors.WithStack(tx.Error)
+	}
 	if err := db.AutoMigrate(&models.Activity{}); err != nil {
 		return errors.WithStack(err)
 	}
diff --git a/sftp/event.go b/sftp/event.go
index 28148cf..ff1c7c6 100644
--- a/sftp/event.go
+++ b/sftp/event.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func (eh *eventHandler) Log(e models.Event, fa FileAction) error {
 	}
 
 	if tx := database.Instance().Create(a.SetUser(eh.user)); tx.Error != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(tx.Error, "sftp: failed to save event to database")
+		return errors.WithStack(tx.Error)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -53,6 +53,6 @@ func (eh *eventHandler) Log(e models.Event, fa FileAction) error {
 // if an error is encountered during the logging of the event.
 func (eh *eventHandler) MustLog(e models.Event, fa FileAction) {
 	if err := eh.Log(e, fa); err != nil {
-		log.WithField("error", err).Fatal("sftp: failed to log event")
+		log.WithField("error", errors.WithStack(err)).WithField("event", e).Error("sftp: failed to log event")
 	}
 }