diff --git a/implementations/rust/ockam/ockam_node/src/storage/database/sqlx_database.rs b/implementations/rust/ockam/ockam_node/src/storage/database/sqlx_database.rs
index 2fa7f525ff1..0f2c8368429 100644
--- a/implementations/rust/ockam/ockam_node/src/storage/database/sqlx_database.rs
+++ b/implementations/rust/ockam/ockam_node/src/storage/database/sqlx_database.rs
@@ -302,9 +302,11 @@ impl SqlxDatabase {
                     let _ = connection
                         .execute(
                             r#"
-PRAGMA synchronous = EXTRA;
+PRAGMA synchronous = NORMAL;
 PRAGMA locking_mode = NORMAL;
 PRAGMA busy_timeout = 10000;
+PRAGMA cache_size = -50000; -- 50 MB
+PRAGMA mmap_size = 52428800; -- 50 MB
                 "#,
                         )
                         .await