diff --git a/plug-ins/edu.illinois.codingspectator.csvtosql/src/edu/illinois/codingspectator/csvtosql/MapPersister.java b/plug-ins/edu.illinois.codingspectator.csvtosql/src/edu/illinois/codingspectator/csvtosql/MapPersister.java
index b05827dfe..be5f1b947 100644
--- a/plug-ins/edu.illinois.codingspectator.csvtosql/src/edu/illinois/codingspectator/csvtosql/MapPersister.java
+++ b/plug-ins/edu.illinois.codingspectator.csvtosql/src/edu/illinois/codingspectator/csvtosql/MapPersister.java
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ public void loadCSVToSQL(String filePath) throws IOException, SQLException {
 				if (progress % 8000 == 0) {
 					progress= 0;
 					System.out.println();
+					connection.commit();
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/plug-ins/org.hsqldb/ant/.gitignore b/plug-ins/org.hsqldb/ant/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c4ffae946
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plug-ins/org.hsqldb/ant/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+downloads/