diff --git a/cmd/stellar-rpc/internal/db/db.go b/cmd/stellar-rpc/internal/db/db.go
index fe5c24fc..c79455f5 100644
--- a/cmd/stellar-rpc/internal/db/db.go
+++ b/cmd/stellar-rpc/internal/db/db.go
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ type WriteTx interface {
 type dbCache struct {
 	latestLedgerSeq       uint32
 	latestLedgerCloseTime int64
-	ledgerEntries         transactionalCache // Just like the DB: compress-encoded ledger key -> ledger entry XDR
 	sync.RWMutex
 }
 
@@ -60,8 +59,8 @@ type DB struct {
 
 func openSQLiteDB(dbFilePath string) (*db.Session, error) {
 	// 1. Use Write-Ahead Logging (WAL).
-	// 2. Disable WAL auto-checkpointing (we will do the checkpointing ourselves with wal_checkpoint pragmas
-	//    after every write transaction).
+	// 2. Disable WAL auto-checkpointing (we will do the checkpointing ourselves
+	//    with wal_checkpoint pragmas after every write transaction).
 	// 3. Use synchronous=NORMAL, which is faster and still safe in WAL mode.
 	session, err := db.Open("sqlite3",
 		fmt.Sprintf("file:%s?_journal_mode=WAL&_wal_autocheckpoint=0&_synchronous=NORMAL", dbFilePath))
@@ -85,9 +84,7 @@ func OpenSQLiteDBWithPrometheusMetrics(dbFilePath string, namespace string, sub
 	}
 	result := DB{
 		SessionInterface: db.RegisterMetrics(session, namespace, sub, registry),
-		cache: &dbCache{
-			ledgerEntries: newTransactionalCache(),
-		},
+		cache:            &dbCache{},
 	}
 	return &result, nil
 }
@@ -99,9 +96,7 @@ func OpenSQLiteDB(dbFilePath string) (*DB, error) {
 	}
 	result := DB{
 		SessionInterface: session,
-		cache: &dbCache{
-			ledgerEntries: newTransactionalCache(),
-		},
+		cache:            &dbCache{},
 	}
 	return &result, nil
 }
@@ -241,13 +236,20 @@ func (rw *readWriter) NewTx(ctx context.Context) (WriteTx, error) {
 		postCommit: func(durationMetrics map[string]time.Duration) error {
 			// TODO: this is sqlite-only, it shouldn't be here
 			startTime := time.Now()
-			_, err := db.ExecRaw(ctx, "PRAGMA wal_checkpoint(TRUNCATE)")
-			if err != nil {
+			if _, err := db.ExecRaw(ctx, "PRAGMA wal_checkpoint(TRUNCATE);"); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 			if durationMetrics != nil {
 				durationMetrics["wal_checkpoint"] = time.Since(startTime)
 			}
+
+			startTime = time.Now()
+			if _, err := db.ExecRaw(ctx, "PRAGMA optimize;"); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if durationMetrics != nil {
+				durationMetrics["db_optimize"] = time.Since(startTime)
+			}
 			return nil
 		},
 		tx:                     txSession,
diff --git a/cmd/stellar-rpc/internal/ingest/service.go b/cmd/stellar-rpc/internal/ingest/service.go
index 3963abfa..62e6492a 100644
--- a/cmd/stellar-rpc/internal/ingest/service.go
+++ b/cmd/stellar-rpc/internal/ingest/service.go
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ func (s *Service) ingest(ctx context.Context, sequence uint32) error {
 
 	s.logger.
 		WithField("duration", time.Since(startTime).Seconds()).
-		Debugf("Ingested ledger %d", sequence)
+		Infof("Ingested ledger %d", sequence)
 
 	s.metrics.ingestionDurationMetric.
 		With(prometheus.Labels{"type": "total"}).