actually wal is reuqired?

bot/commands/journal.py

@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ class JournalHandler(BaseHandler):
         date = update.message.text
         try:
             date = datetime.datetime.strptime(date, "%d%m%Y").date()
+        except ValueError:
+            await update.message.reply_text("Please enter the date in the format DDMMYYYY")
+            return DATE_ENTRY
+        self.logger.info(f"Date: {date}")
+        
         with self.models.db:
             self.current_model, new = self.models.JournalEntry.get_or_create(
                 date = date
@@ -77,15 +82,13 @@ class JournalHandler(BaseHandler):
         if not new:
             await update.message.reply_text("An entry already exists for this date")
             return ConversationHandler.END
-        except ValueError:
+        else:
-            await update.message.reply_text("Please enter the date in the format DDMMYYYY")
-            return DATE_ENTRY
-
             await update.message.reply_text("Please enter the content for the entry")
             return CONTENT
 
 
     async def content_save(self, update, context):
+        with self.models.db:
             self.current_model.author_id = update.message.from_user.id
 
             if update.message.text:
@@ -103,5 +106,6 @@ class JournalHandler(BaseHandler):
                 self.current_model.text = update.message.caption
             
             self.current_model.save()
+
         await update.message.reply_text(f"Saved entry for {self.current_model.date.strftime('%A, %-d. %B %Y')}")
         return ConversationHandler.END

bot/commands/list/models.py

@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ class ListModel(BaseModel):
 
 
 def set_db(db_path):
-    db.initialize(SqliteDatabase(db_path))
+    db.initialize(SqliteDatabase(db_path, pragmas={'journal_mode': 'wal'}))
     db.connect()
     db.create_tables([ListModel], safe=True)

bot/models.py

@@ -54,6 +54,6 @@ class JournalEntry(BaseModel):
 
 
 def set_db(db_path):
-    db.initialize(SqliteDatabase(db_path))
+    db.initialize(SqliteDatabase(db_path, pragmas={'journal_mode': 'wal'}))
     db.connect()
     db.create_tables([JournalEntry], safe=True)