diff --git a/cry/database.py b/cry/database.py
index 96f5775..1834245 100644
--- a/cry/database.py
+++ b/cry/database.py
@@ -90,11 +90,12 @@ class Database:
     def __init__(self, path: pathlib.Path | str, origin: str):
         if not isinstance(path, str):
             path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-        db = sqlite3.Connection(str(path), autocommit=False)
-        # This is WILD that I need to do this because you cannot enable or
-        # disable foreign keys with a transaction active, and
-        # `autocommit=False` means that a transaction is *always* active.
-        db.executescript("COMMIT;PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON;BEGIN;")
+
+        # Enable autocommit as a separate step so that I can enable foreign
+        # keys cleanly. (Can't enable foreign keys in a transaction.)
+        db = sqlite3.Connection(str(path))
+        db.execute("PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON")
+        db.autocommit = False
 
         cursor = db.execute("PRAGMA foreign_keys")
         rows = cursor.fetchall()