diff --git a/sbysrc/sby_status.py b/sbysrc/sby_status.py
index ec18b8d..b693cea 100644
--- a/sbysrc/sby_status.py
+++ b/sbysrc/sby_status.py
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ class SbyStatusDb:
         self.con = sqlite3.connect(path, isolation_level=None, timeout=timeout)
         self.db = self.con.cursor()
         self.db.row_factory = sqlite3.Row
-        with self.con:
-            self.db.execute("PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL")
-            self.db.execute("PRAGMA synchronous=0")
+        self.db.execute("PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL")
+        self.db.execute("PRAGMA synchronous=0")
+        self.db.execute("PRAGMA foreign_keys=ON")
 
         if setup:
             self._setup()
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ class SbyStatusDb:
             statement = statement.strip()
             if statement:
                 self.db.execute(statement)
-        self.db.execute("""PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON;""")
 
     def test_schema(self) -> bool:
         schema = self.db.execute("SELECT sql FROM sqlite_master;").fetchall()
@@ -293,7 +292,7 @@ class SbyStatusDb:
         )
 
     @transaction
-    def reset(self):
+    def _reset(self):
         hard_reset = self.test_schema()
         # table names can't be parameters, so we need to use f-strings
         # but it is safe to use here because it comes from the regex "\w+"
@@ -307,6 +306,11 @@ class SbyStatusDb:
         if hard_reset:
             self._setup()
 
+    def reset(self):
+        self.db.execute("PRAGMA foreign_keys=OFF")
+        self._reset()
+        self.db.execute("PRAGMA foreign_keys=ON")
+
     def print_status_summary(self):
         tasks, task_properties, task_property_statuses = self.all_status_data()
         properties = defaultdict(set)