1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/modules/private/databases/postgresql.nix b/modules/private/databases/postgresql.nix
index 1932a82..3dcd311 100644
--- a/modules/private/databases/postgresql.nix
+++ b/modules/private/databases/postgresql.nix
@@ -161,6 +161,9 @@ in {
         lc_numeric = 'en_US.UTF-8'
         lc_time = 'en_US.UTF-8'
         default_text_search_config = 'pg_catalog.english'
+        # this introduces a small delay before storing on disk, but
+        # makes it order of magnitudes quicker
+        synchronous_commit = off
         ssl = on
         ssl_cert_file = '${config.security.acme.directory}/postgresql/fullchain.pem'
         ssl_key_file = '${config.security.acme.directory}/postgresql/key.pem'