diff --git a/infer/src/base/ResultsDatabase.ml b/infer/src/base/ResultsDatabase.ml
index 8b7d759a4..334b8f8e2 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/ResultsDatabase.ml
+++ b/infer/src/base/ResultsDatabase.ml
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ let new_database_connection () =
       database_fullpath
   in
   Sqlite3.busy_timeout db 10_000 ;
-  SqliteUtils.exec db ~log:"synchronous=NORMAL" ~stmt:"PRAGMA synchronous=NORMAL" ;
+  SqliteUtils.exec db ~log:"synchronous=OFF" ~stmt:"PRAGMA synchronous=OFF" ;
   database := Some db ;
   List.iter ~f:(fun callback -> callback db) !new_db_callbacks