diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/DBInit.cpp b/src/cpp/ripple/DBInit.cpp
index 5d8f973a1..1b9c65c11 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/DBInit.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/DBInit.cpp
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 // Transaction database holds transactions and public keys
 const char *TxnDBInit[] = {
-	"PRAGMA synchronous=NORMAL",
-	"PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL",
+	"PRAGMA synchronous=NORMAL;",
+	"PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL;",
 
 	"BEGIN TRANSACTION;",
 
@@ -257,8 +257,8 @@ int WalletDBCount = NUMBER(WalletDBInit);
 
 // Hash node database holds nodes indexed by hash
 const char *HashNodeDBInit[] = {
-	"PRAGMA synchronous=NORMAL",
-	"PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL",
+	"PRAGMA synchronous=NORMAL;",
+	"PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL;",
 
 	"BEGIN TRANSACTION;",