diff --git a/database/database.go b/database/database.go
index 590e29341..90dda0e5f 100644
--- a/database/database.go
+++ b/database/database.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
 	"github.com/stashapp/stash/logger"
 	"github.com/stashapp/stash/utils"
+	"os"
 )
 
 var DB *sqlx.DB
@@ -19,7 +20,8 @@ func Initialize(databasePath string) {
 
 	// https://github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3
 	conn, err := sqlx.Open("sqlite3", "file:"+databasePath+"?_fk=true")
-	conn.SetMaxOpenConns(10)
+	conn.SetMaxOpenConns(25)
+	conn.SetMaxIdleConns(4)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Fatalf("db.Open(): %q\n", err)
 	}
@@ -27,12 +29,9 @@ func Initialize(databasePath string) {
 }
 
 func Reset(databasePath string) {
-	_, _ = DB.Exec("PRAGMA writable_schema = 1;")
-	_, _ = DB.Exec("delete from sqlite_master where type in ('table', 'index', 'trigger');")
-	_, _ = DB.Exec("PRAGMA writable_schema = 0;")
-	_, _ = DB.Exec("VACUUM;")
-	_, _ = DB.Exec("PRAGMA INTEGRITY_CHECK;")
-	runMigrations(databasePath)
+	_ = DB.Close()
+	_ = os.Remove(databasePath)
+	Initialize(databasePath)
 }
 
 // Migrate the database
diff --git a/manager/task_export.go b/manager/task_export.go
index cc5ed8409..da4f5a84f 100644
--- a/manager/task_export.go
+++ b/manager/task_export.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ func (t *ExportTask) Start(wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
 
 func (t *ExportTask) ExportScenes(ctx context.Context) {
 	tx := database.DB.MustBeginTx(ctx, nil)
+	defer tx.Commit()
 	qb := models.NewSceneQueryBuilder()
 	studioQB := models.NewStudioQueryBuilder()
 	galleryQB := models.NewGalleryQueryBuilder()
@@ -321,6 +322,7 @@ func (t *ExportTask) ExportStudios(ctx context.Context) {
 
 func (t *ExportTask) ExportScrapedItems(ctx context.Context) {
 	tx := database.DB.MustBeginTx(ctx, nil)
+	defer tx.Commit()
 	qb := models.NewScrapedItemQueryBuilder()
 	sqb := models.NewStudioQueryBuilder()
 	scrapedItems, err := qb.All()