diff --git a/CoreStore/Migrating/DataStack+Migration.swift b/CoreStore/Migrating/DataStack+Migration.swift
index c323860..6e6ff37 100644
--- a/CoreStore/Migrating/DataStack+Migration.swift
+++ b/CoreStore/Migrating/DataStack+Migration.swift
@@ -146,7 +146,8 @@ public extension DataStack {
             
             let metadata = try NSPersistentStoreCoordinator.metadataForPersistentStoreOfType(
                 NSSQLiteStoreType,
-                URL: fileURL
+                URL: fileURL,
+                options: self.optionsForSQLiteStore()
             )
             
             return self.upgradeSQLiteStoreIfNeeded(
@@ -265,7 +266,8 @@ public extension DataStack {
             
             metadata = try NSPersistentStoreCoordinator.metadataForPersistentStoreOfType(
                 NSSQLiteStoreType,
-                URL: fileURL
+                URL: fileURL,
+                options: self.optionsForSQLiteStore()
             )
         }
         catch {
@@ -323,7 +325,8 @@ public extension DataStack {
             
             metadata = try NSPersistentStoreCoordinator.metadataForPersistentStoreOfType(
                 NSSQLiteStoreType,
-                URL: fileURL
+                URL: fileURL,
+                options: self.optionsForSQLiteStore()
             )
         }
         catch {
diff --git a/CoreStore/Setting Up/DataStack.swift b/CoreStore/Setting Up/DataStack.swift
index 394880e..d46dc7f 100644
--- a/CoreStore/Setting Up/DataStack.swift	
+++ b/CoreStore/Setting Up/DataStack.swift	
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ public final class DataStack {
         
         var store: NSPersistentStore?
         var storeError: NSError?
+        let options = self.optionsForSQLiteStore()
         coordinator.performBlockAndWait {
             
             do {
@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@ public final class DataStack {
                     NSSQLiteStoreType,
                     configuration: configuration,
                     URL: fileURL,
-                    options: [NSSQLitePragmasOption: ["journal_mode": "WAL"]]
+                    options: options
                 )
             }
             catch {
@@ -293,6 +294,11 @@ public final class DataStack {
         return migrationQueue
     }()
     
+    internal func optionsForSQLiteStore() -> [String: AnyObject] {
+        
+        return [NSSQLitePragmasOption: ["journal_mode": "WAL"]]
+    }
+    
     internal func entityNameForEntityClass(entityClass: AnyClass) -> String? {
         
         return self.model.entityNameForClass(entityClass)