diff --git a/src/hooks/useSyncCache.ts b/src/hooks/useSyncCache.ts
index 05c002d..e6a1147 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useSyncCache.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useSyncCache.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ export default async function() {
   // unique or don’t insert what is already there or just dump tables first perhaps
 
   try {
+    // speeds up by using memory as much as possible
+    db.exec(`
+      PRAGMA synchronous = OFF;
+      PRAGMA journal_mode = MEMORY;
+      PRAGMA temp_store = MEMORY;
+      `);
+
     await db.transaction(async () => {
       db.exec(`
         DROP TABLE IF EXISTS provides;
diff --git a/src/utils/semver.ts b/src/utils/semver.ts
index 31d5ad1..cf0a2a6 100644
--- a/src/utils/semver.ts
+++ b/src/utils/semver.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //HEY YOU! DO NOT CHANGE THIS TO USE deps.ts since it breaks pkgx/gui and scripts ’n’ shit
-import { isArray, isString } from "https://deno.land/x/is_what@v4.1.16/src/index.ts"
+import { isArray, isString } from "https://deno.land/x/is_what@v4.1.15/src/index.ts"
 
 /**
  * we have our own implementation because open source is full of weird