diff --git a/src/lib/Mothership/Magerun/Base/Command/Workflow/AbstractWorkflow.php b/src/lib/Mothership/Magerun/Base/Command/Workflow/AbstractWorkflow.php
index ffb61f5..96e2c87 100644
--- a/src/lib/Mothership/Magerun/Base/Command/Workflow/AbstractWorkflow.php
+++ b/src/lib/Mothership/Magerun/Base/Command/Workflow/AbstractWorkflow.php
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ abstract public function initialize();
      */
     public function fetchAll($sql, array $args = [], $pdoFetchType = \PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)
     {
-        $pdo = \Mage::getSingleton('core/resource')->getConnection('core_read')->getConnection();
+        $pdo = \Mage::getSingleton('core/resource')->getConnection('core_write')->getConnection();
         $stmt = $pdo->prepare($sql);
         $stmt->execute($args);
 
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ public function fetchAll($sql, array $args = [], $pdoFetchType = \PDO::FETCH_ASS
      */
     public function fetch($sql, array $args = [], $pdoFetchType = \PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)
     {
-        $pdo = \Mage::getSingleton('core/resource')->getConnection('core_read')->getConnection();
+        $pdo = \Mage::getSingleton('core/resource')->getConnection('core_write')->getConnection();
         $stmt = $pdo->prepare($sql);
         $stmt->execute($args);