diff --git a/cmd/twitter/main.go b/cmd/twitter/main.go
index 6799b85..1e01a24 100644
--- a/cmd/twitter/main.go
+++ b/cmd/twitter/main.go
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ func main() {
 		return
 	}
 
-
-
 	var err error
 	profile, err = persistence.LoadProfile(*profile_dir)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -211,6 +209,7 @@ func fetch_user_feed(handle string) {
 	fmt.Printf("Saved %d tweets, %d retweets and %d users.  Exiting successfully\n", len(tweets), len(retweets), len(users))
 }
 
+
 func download_tweet_content(tweet_id string) {
 	id, err := strconv.Atoi(tweet_id)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/persistence/user_queries.go b/persistence/user_queries.go
index d8168e7..c335160 100644
--- a/persistence/user_queries.go
+++ b/persistence/user_queries.go
@@ -16,11 +16,7 @@ import (
 func (p Profile) SaveUser(u scraper.User) error {
     db := p.DB
 
-    tx, err := db.Begin()
-    if err != nil {
-        return err
-    }
-    _, err = db.Exec(`
+    _, err := db.Exec(`
         insert into users (id, display_name, handle, bio, following_count, followers_count, location, website, join_date, is_private, is_verified, profile_image_url, profile_image_local_path, banner_image_url, banner_image_local_path, pinned_tweet_id, is_content_downloaded)
         values (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
             on conflict do update
@@ -45,11 +41,6 @@ func (p Profile) SaveUser(u scraper.User) error {
         return err
     }
 
-    err = tx.Commit()
-    if err != nil {
-        return err
-    }
-
     return nil
 }