diff --git a/crates/radicle-node/src/runtime.rs b/crates/radicle-node/src/runtime.rs
index 0e2b8699..0f5d61f1 100644
--- a/crates/radicle-node/src/runtime.rs
+++ b/crates/radicle-node/src/runtime.rs
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ impl Runtime {
         log::info!(target: "node", "Opening node database..");
         let db = home
             .database_mut()?
-            .journal_mode(node::db::JournalMode::default())?
+            .journal_mode(node::db::sqlite_ext::JournalMode::WAL)?
             .init(
                 &id,
                 announcement.features,
diff --git a/crates/radicle/src/node/db.rs b/crates/radicle/src/node/db.rs
index 42316252..084e4c83 100644
--- a/crates/radicle/src/node/db.rs
+++ b/crates/radicle/src/node/db.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ use crate::node::{
 };
 use crate::sql::transaction;
 
+pub mod sqlite_ext;
+
 /// How long to wait for the database lock to be released before failing a read.
 const DB_READ_TIMEOUT: time::Duration = time::Duration::from_secs(3);
 /// How long to wait for the database lock to be released before failing a write.
@@ -49,19 +51,6 @@ pub enum Error {
     NoRows,
 }
 
-/// Database journal mode.
-#[derive(Debug, Default, Copy, Clone, serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize)]
-#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
-pub enum JournalMode {
-    /// "WAL" mode. Good for concurrent reads & writes, but keeps some extra files around.
-    #[serde(rename = "wal")]
-    #[default]
-    WriteAheadLog,
-    /// Default "rollback" mode. Certain writes may block reads.
-    #[serde(alias = "rollback")]
-    Rollback,
-}
-
 /// A file-backed database storing information about the network.
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct Database {
@@ -107,7 +96,7 @@ impl Database {
     pub fn reader<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> Result<Self, Error> {
         let mut db = sql::Connection::open_thread_safe_with_flags(
             path,
-            sqlite::OpenFlags::new().with_read_only(),
+            sql::OpenFlags::new().with_read_only(),
         )?;
         db.set_busy_timeout(DB_READ_TIMEOUT.as_millis() as usize)?;
         db.execute(Self::PRAGMA)?;
@@ -115,16 +104,9 @@ impl Database {
         Ok(Self { db: Arc::new(db) })
     }
 
-    /// Set journal mode.
-    pub fn journal_mode(self, mode: JournalMode) -> Result<Self, Error> {
-        match mode {
-            JournalMode::Rollback => {
-                self.db.execute("PRAGMA journal_mode = DELETE;")?;
-            }
-            JournalMode::WriteAheadLog => {
-                self.db.execute("PRAGMA journal_mode = WAL;")?;
-            }
-        }
+    /// Set `journal_mode` pragma.
+    pub fn journal_mode(self, mode: sqlite_ext::JournalMode) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+        self.db.execute(format!("PRAGMA journal_mode = {mode};"))?;
         Ok(self)
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/radicle/src/node/db/sqlite_ext.rs b/crates/radicle/src/node/db/sqlite_ext.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e8b955f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/radicle/src/node/db/sqlite_ext.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+//! This module contains definitions for use with the `sqlite` crate.
+
+/// Value for a `journal_mode` pragma statement.
+/// For a description of all variants please refer to
+/// <https://sqlite.org/pragma.html#pragma_journal_mode>.
+/// Note that when SQLite documentation talks about "the application",
+/// the application linked against this crate, e.g. Radicle Node, Radicle CLI,
+/// and others, is meant.
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "schemars", derive(schemars::JsonSchema))]
+pub enum JournalMode {
+    #[default]
+    DELETE,
+    TRUNCATE,
+    PERSIST,
+    MEMORY,
+    WAL,
+    OFF,
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Display for JournalMode {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        f.write_str(match self {
+            Self::DELETE => "DELETE",
+            Self::TRUNCATE => "TRUNCATE",
+            Self::PERSIST => "PERSIST",
+            Self::MEMORY => "MEMORY",
+            Self::WAL => "WAL",
+            Self::OFF => "OFF",
+        })
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/radicle/src/profile.rs b/crates/radicle/src/profile.rs
index 79488aaa..0d3420f6 100644
--- a/crates/radicle/src/profile.rs
+++ b/crates/radicle/src/profile.rs
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ impl Profile {
         home.policies_mut()?;
         home.notifications_mut()?;
         home.database_mut()?
-            .journal_mode(node::db::JournalMode::default())?
+            .journal_mode(node::db::sqlite_ext::JournalMode::WAL)?
             .init(
                 &public_key,
                 config.node.features(),