diff --git a/Taskfile b/Taskfile
index 211d1e8..9eeaa50 100755
--- a/Taskfile
+++ b/Taskfile
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ refresh_sqlx_db() {
   rm -f some_user.db
   for migration in migrations/each_user/*.sql; do
     echo "Applying $migration..."
-    sqlite3 some_user.db < "$migration"
+    echo "BEGIN TRANSACTION;$(cat "$migration");COMMIT TRANSACTION;"\
+      | sqlite3 some_user.db
   done
 }
 
diff --git a/migrations/each_user/0012_contact_fresh_type.sql b/migrations/each_user/0012_contact_fresh_type.sql
index a9685ef..7a5f8bb 100644
--- a/migrations/each_user/0012_contact_fresh_type.sql
+++ b/migrations/each_user/0012_contact_fresh_type.sql
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
+-- foreign_keys can only up/down outside of transactions
+-- so we first pre-commit the one started by sqlx...
+COMMIT TRANSACTION;
 
+-- turn off foreign keys...
 PRAGMA foreign_keys=OFF;
+
+-- start our own transaction...
+BEGIN TRANSACTION;
 create table if not exists new_contacts (
 	id integer primary key autoincrement,
 	birthday text,
@@ -16,4 +23,12 @@ insert into new_contacts (
 drop table contacts;
 alter table new_contacts rename to contacts;
 PRAGMA foreign_key_check;
+
+-- commit our own transaction...
+COMMIT TRANSACTION;
+
+-- put our own pragmas back...
 PRAGMA foreign_keys=ON;
+
+-- and start a dummy transaction so sqlx's COMMIT doesn't explode
+BEGIN TRANSACTION;