diff --git a/src/MicroCore.cpp b/src/MicroCore.cpp
index 7d66e24..713fbdb 100644
--- a/src/MicroCore.cpp
+++ b/src/MicroCore.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,11 @@ namespace xmreg
 
         //db_flags |= MDB_RDONLY;
         //db_flags |= MDB_NOLOCK;
-        db_flags |= MDB_NOSYNC;
+        //db_flags |= MDB_SYNC;
+
+        uint64_t DEFAULT_FLAGS = MDB_NOMETASYNC | MDB_NORDAHEAD;
+
+        db_flags = DEFAULT_FLAGS;
 
         BlockchainDB* db = nullptr;
         db = new BlockchainLMDB();
diff --git a/src/page.h b/src/page.h
index 6c75eb4..7afcbf3 100644
--- a/src/page.h
+++ b/src/page.h
@@ -61,9 +61,13 @@ namespace xmreg {
             //get current server timestamp
             time_t server_timestamp = std::time(nullptr);
 
+            core_storage->get_db().sync();
+
             // get the current blockchain height. Just to check  if it reads ok.
             uint64_t height = core_storage->get_current_blockchain_height() - 1;
 
+            fmt::print("Current height: {:d}\n", height);
+
             // initalise page tempate map with basic info about blockchain
             mstch::map context {
                     {"refresh",          refresh_page},