diff --git a/crates/radicle/CHANGELOG.md b/crates/radicle/CHANGELOG.md
index d5dad941..379b3717 100644
--- a/crates/radicle/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/crates/radicle/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 
+- The default configuration for the SQLite pragma `synchronous` is changed
+  from `FULL` to `NORMAL`, which generates less I/O operations. On power
+  loss, transactions might be rolled back, but SQLite still guarantees
+  consistency in this mode.
+
 ### Removed
 
 ### Security
diff --git a/crates/radicle/src/node/db/config.rs b/crates/radicle/src/node/db/config.rs
index c57e80c6..f3d030b4 100644
--- a/crates/radicle/src/node/db/config.rs
+++ b/crates/radicle/src/node/db/config.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use super::sqlite_ext::*;
 
 const DEFAULT_JOURNAL_MODE: JournalMode = JournalMode::WAL;
-const DEFAULT_SYNCHRONOUS: Synchronous = Synchronous::FULL;
+const DEFAULT_SYNCHRONOUS: Synchronous = Synchronous::NORMAL;
 
 /// Database configuration.
 #[derive(Debug, Default, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, ::serde::Serialize, ::serde::Deserialize)]
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ mod test {
     #[test]
     fn database_config_valid_combinations() {
         let cases = [
-            (None, None, JournalMode::WAL, Synchronous::FULL),
+            (None, None, JournalMode::WAL, Synchronous::NORMAL),
             (
                 Some("WAL"),
                 Some("NORMAL"),