diff --git a/src/providers/sqlite3/index.js b/src/providers/sqlite3/index.js
index 0196406..7bd0e86 100644
--- a/src/providers/sqlite3/index.js
+++ b/src/providers/sqlite3/index.js
@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@
  */
 
 import Database from 'better-sqlite3';
+import { AsyncLocalStorage } from 'node:async_hooks';
 import { logSlowQuery } from '../provider.js';
 import { SCHEMA_SCRIPTS } from './schema.js';
 
+const asyncTxStorage = new AsyncLocalStorage();
+
 function normalizeParamValue(value) {
   if (value === undefined || value === null) return null;
   if (value instanceof Date) {
@@ -324,6 +327,7 @@ export class BetterSqlite3Provider extends BetterSqlite3Executor {
     this.pool = this;
     db.pragma('foreign_keys = ON');
     db.pragma('journal_mode = WAL');
+    db.pragma('synchronous = NORMAL');
     db.pragma('busy_timeout = 5000');
   }
 
@@ -366,8 +370,9 @@ export class BetterSqlite3Provider extends BetterSqlite3Executor {
       return runner;
     };
 
-    if (this.#transactionDepth > 0 || this.db.inTransaction) {
-      const savepoint = `sp_${++this.#transactionDepth}`;
+    const activeContext = asyncTxStorage.getStore();
+    if (activeContext) {
+      const savepoint = `sp_${++activeContext.depth}`;
       this.db.exec(`SAVEPOINT ${savepoint}`);
       const executor = new BetterSqlite3Executor(this.db, this.storageDir);
       const runner = bindRunner(executor);
@@ -376,8 +381,12 @@ export class BetterSqlite3Provider extends BetterSqlite3Executor {
         .then(() => fn(runner, executor))
         .then(
           (result) => {
-            this.db.exec(`RELEASE SAVEPOINT ${savepoint}`);
-            this.#transactionDepth--;
+            try {
+              this.db.exec(`RELEASE SAVEPOINT ${savepoint}`);
+            } catch {
+              // ignore if outer transaction already rolled back
+            }
+            activeContext.depth--;
             return result;
           },
           (err) => {
@@ -387,7 +396,7 @@ export class BetterSqlite3Provider extends BetterSqlite3Executor {
             } catch {
               // ignore
             }
-            this.#transactionDepth--;
+            activeContext.depth--;
             throw err;
           },
         );
@@ -399,7 +408,7 @@ export class BetterSqlite3Provider extends BetterSqlite3Executor {
       try {
         const executor = new BetterSqlite3Executor(this.db, this.storageDir);
         const runner = bindRunner(executor);
-        const result = await fn(runner, executor);
+        const result = await asyncTxStorage.run({ depth: 0 }, () => fn(runner, executor));
         this.db.exec('COMMIT');
         return result;
       } catch (err) {