diff --git a/server/database.js b/server/database.js
index 156c295bc..3ec406509 100644
--- a/server/database.js
+++ b/server/database.js
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ class Database {
         "patch-monitor-basic-auth.sql": true,
         "patch-status-page.sql": true,
         "patch-proxy.sql": true,
-        "patch-monitor-expiry-notification.sql": true,
     }
 
     /**
@@ -126,6 +125,11 @@ class Database {
         await R.exec("PRAGMA cache_size = -12000");
         await R.exec("PRAGMA auto_vacuum = FULL");
 
+        // This ensures that an operating system crash or power failure will not corrupt the database.
+        // FULL synchronous is very safe, but it is also slower.
+        // Read more: https://sqlite.org/pragma.html#pragma_synchronous
+        await R.exec("PRAGMA synchronous = FULL");
+
         console.log("SQLite config:");
         console.log(await R.getAll("PRAGMA journal_mode"));
         console.log(await R.getAll("PRAGMA cache_size"));