diff --git a/rover/manager.py b/rover/manager.py
index b4a1f0e..7eb8eb6 100644
--- a/rover/manager.py
+++ b/rover/manager.py
@@ -891,6 +891,7 @@ def _update_stats(self):
         with self._db:  # single transaction
             self._db.cursor().execute('BEGIN')
             self._db.execute('DELETE FROM rover_download_stats', tuple())
+            self._db.commit()
             for source in self._sources.values():
                 progress = source.stats()
                 self._db.execute('''INSERT INTO rover_download_stats
diff --git a/rover/process.py b/rover/process.py
index 0ec7fd2..2be68b7 100644
--- a/rover/process.py
+++ b/rover/process.py
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ def _current_command_inside_transaction(self):
             else:
                 self._log.debug('Removing dead process %s/%d' % (candidate, pid))
                 self._db.execute('DELETE FROM rover_processes WHERE pid = ?', (pid,))
+                self._db.commit()
         except StopIteration:
             pass  # table is empty
         try:
diff --git a/rover/sqlite.py b/rover/sqlite.py
index 833b877..af993f8 100644
--- a/rover/sqlite.py
+++ b/rover/sqlite.py
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ def init_db(dbpath, log):
     """
 
     log.debug('Connecting to sqlite3 %s' % dbpath)
-    db = connect(dbpath, timeout=60.0)
+    # Timeout is in seconds
+    db = connect(dbpath, timeout=120.0)
     # https://www.sqlite.org/foreignkeys.html
     db.execute('PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON')
     db.execute('PRAGMA case_sensitive_like = ON')  # as used by mseedindex