diff --git a/qwarc/__init__.py b/qwarc/__init__.py
index bd7c075..90e0c9d 100644
--- a/qwarc/__init__.py
+++ b/qwarc/__init__.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ if _aiohttp.__version__ != '2.3.10':
 import asyncio
 import collections
 import concurrent.futures
+import contextlib
 import io
 import itertools
 import logging
@@ -245,7 +246,8 @@ class QWARC:
 		self._freeSessions = collections.deque() # ClientSession instances that are currently free
 		self._warc = None
 
-	async def obtain_exclusive_db_lock(self):
+	@contextlib.asynccontextmanager
+	async def exclusive_db_lock(self):
 		c = self._db.cursor()
 		while True:
 			try:
@@ -255,7 +257,12 @@ class QWARC:
 				if str(e) != 'database is locked':
 					raise
 				await asyncio.sleep(1)
-		return c
+		try:
+			yield c
+			c.execute('COMMIT')
+		except:
+			c.execute('ROLLBACK')
+			raise
 
 	def _make_item(self, itemType, itemValue, session, headers):
 		try:
@@ -290,20 +297,14 @@ class QWARC:
 					logging.info(f'{future.itemType}:{future.itemValue} done: {item.stats["requests"]} requests, {item.stats["tx"]} tx, {item.stats["rx"]} rx')
 			if future.taskType != 'process':
 				continue
-			cursor = await self.obtain_exclusive_db_lock()
-			try:
+			async with self.exclusive_db_lock() as cursor:
 				cursor.execute('UPDATE items SET status = ? WHERE id = ?', (newStatus, future.id))
-				cursor.execute('COMMIT')
-			except:
-				cursor.execute('ROLLBACK')
-				raise
 			await self._insert_subitems(item)
 			self._freeSessions.append(item.session)
 		self._tasks = pending
 
 	async def _insert_subitems(self, item):
-		cursor = await self.obtain_exclusive_db_lock()
-		try:
+		async with self.exclusive_db_lock() as cursor:
 			if item.childItems:
 				it = iter(item.childItems)
 				while True:
@@ -311,10 +312,6 @@ class QWARC:
 					if not values:
 						break
 					cursor.executemany('INSERT OR IGNORE INTO items (type, value, status) VALUES (?, ?, ?)', values)
-			cursor.execute('COMMIT')
-		except:
-			cursor.execute('ROLLBACK')
-			raise
 
 	async def run(self, loop):
 		for i in range(self._concurrency):
@@ -333,17 +330,12 @@ class QWARC:
 		self._db.isolation_level = None # Transactions are handled manually below.
 		self._db.execute('PRAGMA synchronous = OFF')
 
-		cursor = await self.obtain_exclusive_db_lock()
-		try:
+		async with self.exclusive_db_lock() as cursor:
 			cursor.execute('SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type = "table" AND name = "items"')
 			result = cursor.fetchone()
 			if not result:
 				self._create_db(cursor)
 			self._insert_generated_items(cursor)
-			cursor.execute('COMMIT')
-		except:
-			cursor.execute('ROLLBACK')
-			raise
 
 		try:
 			while True:
@@ -365,8 +357,7 @@ class QWARC:
 					self._sleepTasks.add(sleepTask)
 					continue
 
-				cursor = await self.obtain_exclusive_db_lock()
-				try:
+				async with self.exclusive_db_lock() as cursor:
 					cursor.execute('SELECT id, type, value, status FROM items WHERE status = ? LIMIT 1', (STATUS_TODO,))
 					result = cursor.fetchone()
 					if not result:
@@ -379,18 +370,12 @@ class QWARC:
 							sleepTask.taskType = 'sleep'
 							self._tasks.add(sleepTask)
 							self._sleepTasks.add(sleepTask)
-							cursor.execute('COMMIT')
 							continue
 						else:
 							# Really nothing to do anymore
-							cursor.execute('COMMIT')
 							break
 					id, itemType, itemValue, status = result
 					cursor.execute('UPDATE items SET status = ? WHERE id = ?', (STATUS_INPROGRESS, id))
-					cursor.execute('COMMIT')
-				except:
-					cursor.execute('ROLLBACK')
-					raise
 
 				session = self._freeSessions.popleft()
 				item = self._make_item(itemType, itemValue, session, DEFAULT_HEADERS)