diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
index 99202cc2..c0f68edd 100644
--- a/.idea/misc.xml
+++ b/.idea/misc.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
       </value>
     </option>
   </component>
-  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_1_7" project-jdk-name="1.8" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_1_8" project-jdk-name="1.8" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
     <output url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/build/classes" />
   </component>
   <component name="ProjectType">
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/nuclearfog/twidda/database/DatabaseAdapter.java b/app/src/main/java/org/nuclearfog/twidda/database/DatabaseAdapter.java
index 2a5cbbbb..2f73b590 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/nuclearfog/twidda/database/DatabaseAdapter.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/nuclearfog/twidda/database/DatabaseAdapter.java
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ public class DatabaseAdapter {
      */
     public void storeUser(TwitterUser user) {
         SQLiteDatabase db = dataHelper.getWritableDatabase();
+        db.beginTransaction();
         storeUser(user, db);
+        commit(db);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -53,10 +55,12 @@ public class DatabaseAdapter {
      */
     public void storeHomeTimeline(List<Tweet> home) {
         SQLiteDatabase db = dataHelper.getWritableDatabase();
+        db.beginTransaction();
         for (int pos = 0; pos < home.size(); pos++) {
             Tweet tweet = home.get(pos);
             storeStatus(tweet, homeMask, db);
         }
+        commit(db);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -65,10 +69,12 @@ public class DatabaseAdapter {
      */
     public void storeMentions(List<Tweet> mentions) {
         SQLiteDatabase db = dataHelper.getWritableDatabase();
+        db.beginTransaction();
         for (int pos = 0; pos < mentions.size(); pos++) {
             Tweet tweet = mentions.get(pos);
             storeStatus(tweet, mentionMask, db);
         }
+        commit(db);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -77,10 +83,12 @@ public class DatabaseAdapter {
      */
     public void storeUserTweets(List<Tweet> stats) {
         SQLiteDatabase db = dataHelper.getWritableDatabase();
+        db.beginTransaction();
         for(int pos = 0; pos < stats.size(); pos++) {
             Tweet tweet = stats.get(pos);
             storeStatus(tweet, userTweetMask, db);
         }
+        commit(db);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -90,6 +98,7 @@ public class DatabaseAdapter {
      */
     public void storeUserFavs(List<Tweet> fav, long ownerId){
         SQLiteDatabase db = dataHelper.getWritableDatabase();
+        db.beginTransaction();
         for(int pos = 0; pos < fav.size(); pos++) {
             Tweet tweet = fav.get(pos);
             storeStatus(tweet,0,db);
@@ -98,6 +107,7 @@ public class DatabaseAdapter {
             favTable.put("ownerID", ownerId);
             db.insertWithOnConflict("favorit",null,favTable,CONFLICT_IGNORE);
         }
+        commit(db);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -106,10 +116,12 @@ public class DatabaseAdapter {
      */
     public void storeReplies(List<Tweet> replies) {
         SQLiteDatabase db = dataHelper.getWritableDatabase();
+        db.beginTransaction();
         for(int pos = 0; pos < replies.size(); pos++) {
             Tweet tweet = replies.get(pos);
             storeStatus(tweet, replyMask, db);
         }
+        commit(db);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -118,7 +130,9 @@ public class DatabaseAdapter {
      */
     public void storeFavorite(Tweet tweet) {
         SQLiteDatabase db = dataHelper.getWritableDatabase();
+        db.beginTransaction();
         storeStatus(tweet, favoritedMask, db);
+        commit(db);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -498,6 +512,12 @@ public class DatabaseAdapter {
         db.insertWithOnConflict("user",null, userColumn, CONFLICT_REPLACE);
     }
 
+    private void commit(SQLiteDatabase db) {
+        db.setTransactionSuccessful();
+        db.endTransaction();
+        db.close();
+    }
+
 
     private String[] parseMedia(String media) {
         int index;