diff --git a/atom b/atom
index e1a22a4..b9b529f 100755
--- a/atom
+++ b/atom
@@ -720,7 +720,12 @@ do
 ' >&3
 
 	read -u4 line
-	if [[ $line != AtOM:NoMoreFiles ]]
+	while [[ $line != AtOM:NoMoreFiles ]]
+	do
+		renamefiles+=("$line")
+		read -u4 line
+	done
+	if (( ${#renamefiles[@]} ))
 	then
 		case "${destinationformat[$destination]}" in
 			'mp3') extension=mp3 ;;
@@ -728,7 +733,8 @@ do
 			'vorbis') extension=ogg ;;
 		esac
 		echo -n "$destination: rename pattern changed, renaming files...  "
-		while [[ $line != AtOM:NoMoreFiles ]]
+		echo 'BEGIN TRANSACTION;' >&3
+		for line in "${renamefiles[@]}"
 		do
 			oldfilename=${line%%::AtOM:SQL:Sep::*}
 			rest=${line#*::AtOM:SQL:Sep::}'::AtOM:SQL:Sep::'
@@ -761,10 +767,12 @@ do
 				getDestDir
 				getDestFile
 				destfilename="$destdir/$destfile.$extension"
-				if [[ $oldfilename != $destfilename ]]
+				progressSpin
+				if [[ "$oldfilename" != "$destfilename" ]]
 				then
 					mv "$oldfilename" "$destfilename"
-					progressSpin
+					(( changedcount++ ))
+					commit=1
 				fi
 				echo	"UPDATE	destination_files"		\
 				"SET filename=\"${destfilename//\"/\"\"}\"," 	\
@@ -772,12 +780,17 @@ do
 "\"${destinationrenamepath[$destination]}/${destinationrename[$destination]}:${destinationfat32compat["$destination"]}\""	\
 				"WHERE  id=$destfileid;"			\
 				>&3
+				if (( commit ))
+				then
+					echo $'COMMIT;\nBEGIN TRANSACTION;' >&3
+					unset commit
+				fi
 			fi
-			read -u4 line
 		done
-		echo -e $'\r'"$destination: Renamed ${count:-0} files\033[K"
+		echo 'COMMIT;' >&3
+		echo -e $'\r'"$destination: Renamed ${changedcount:-0} files\033[K"
 	fi
-	unset count
+	unset count changedcount renamefiles
 done
 
 copyFiles_action