diff --git a/atom b/atom
index 6439553..993c32c 100755
--- a/atom
+++ b/atom
@@ -697,8 +697,15 @@ starttime=$concurrencychange
 taskcount=$count
 remaining=$taskcount
 failed=0
+echo 'BEGIN TRANSACTION;' >&3
+committime=$(date +%s)
 while (( (remaining || ${#workers[@]}) && ! quit ))
 do
+	if (( $(date +%s) - committime >= 60 ))
+	then
+		echo $'COMMIT;\nBEGIN TRANSACTION;' >&3
+		committime=$(date +%s)
+	fi
 	read humanload garbage < /proc/loadavg
 	load=${humanload%.*}
 	if (( fixed_workers ))
@@ -799,6 +806,7 @@ do
 		fi
 	fi
 done
+echo 'COMMIT;' >&3
 unset count
 
 endtime=$(date +%s)