diff --git a/core/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/storage/PodDBAdapter.java b/core/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/storage/PodDBAdapter.java
index 4566df2fc..f1410b894 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/storage/PodDBAdapter.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/storage/PodDBAdapter.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package de.danoeh.antennapod.core.storage;
 
+import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
 import android.content.ContentValues;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.database.Cursor;
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase;
 import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase.CursorFactory;
 import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteOpenHelper;
 import android.media.MediaMetadataRetriever;
+import android.os.Build;
 import android.support.annotation.NonNull;
 import android.support.annotation.Nullable;
 import android.text.TextUtils;
@@ -326,10 +328,14 @@ public class PodDBAdapter {
         return this;
     }
 
+    @SuppressLint("NewApi")
     private SQLiteDatabase openDb() {
         SQLiteDatabase newDb;
         try {
             newDb = SingletonHolder.dbHelper.getWritableDatabase();
+            if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 16) {
+                newDb.disableWriteAheadLogging();
+            }
         } catch (SQLException ex) {
             Log.e(TAG, Log.getStackTraceString(ex));
             newDb = SingletonHolder.dbHelper.getReadableDatabase();