diff --git a/src/class_singleCleaner.py b/src/class_singleCleaner.py
index e5512e7c..3cc80868 100644
--- a/src/class_singleCleaner.py
+++ b/src/class_singleCleaner.py
@@ -30,18 +30,20 @@ class singleCleaner(threading.Thread):
         while True:
             shared.UISignalQueue.put((
                 'updateStatusBar', 'Doing housekeeping (Flushing inventory in memory to disk...)'))
-            for hash, storedValue in shared.inventory.items():
-                objectType, streamNumber, payload, receivedTime = storedValue
-                if int(time.time()) - 3600 > receivedTime:
-                    sqlExecute(
-                        '''INSERT INTO inventory VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?)''',
-                        hash,
-                        objectType,
-                        streamNumber,
-                        payload,
-                        receivedTime,
-                        '')
-                    del shared.inventory[hash]
+            
+            with SqlBulkExecute() as sql:
+                for hash, storedValue in shared.inventory.items():
+                    objectType, streamNumber, payload, receivedTime = storedValue
+                    if int(time.time()) - 3600 > receivedTime:
+                        sql.execute(
+                            '''INSERT INTO inventory VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?)''',
+                            hash,
+                            objectType,
+                            streamNumber,
+                            payload,
+                            receivedTime,
+                            '')
+                        del shared.inventory[hash]
             shared.UISignalQueue.put(('updateStatusBar', ''))
             shared.broadcastToSendDataQueues((
                 0, 'pong', 'no data'))  # commands the sendData threads to send out a pong message if they haven't sent anything else in the last five minutes. The socket timeout-time is 10 minutes.
diff --git a/src/helper_sql.py b/src/helper_sql.py
index 706fce0c..0353f9ae 100644
--- a/src/helper_sql.py
+++ b/src/helper_sql.py
@@ -36,3 +36,31 @@ def sqlStoredProcedure(procName):
     sqlLock.acquire()
     sqlSubmitQueue.put(procName)
     sqlLock.release()
+
+class SqlBulkExecute:
+    def __enter__(self):
+        sqlLock.acquire()
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback):
+        sqlSubmitQueue.put('commit')
+        sqlLock.release()
+
+    def execute(self, sqlStatement, *args):
+        sqlSubmitQueue.put(sqlStatement)
+        
+        if args == ():
+            sqlSubmitQueue.put('')
+        else:
+            sqlSubmitQueue.put(args)
+        sqlReturnQueue.get()
+
+    def query(self, sqlStatement, *args):
+        sqlSubmitQueue.put(sqlStatement)
+
+        if args == ():
+            sqlSubmitQueue.put('')
+        else:
+            sqlSubmitQueue.put(args)
+        return sqlReturnQueue.get()
+
diff --git a/src/shared.py b/src/shared.py
index 5061f902..0ff80978 100644
--- a/src/shared.py
+++ b/src/shared.py
@@ -305,12 +305,12 @@ def broadcastToSendDataQueues(data):
         
 def flushInventory():
     #Note that the singleCleanerThread clears out the inventory dictionary from time to time, although it only clears things that have been in the dictionary for a long time. This clears the inventory dictionary Now.
-    for hash, storedValue in inventory.items():
-        objectType, streamNumber, payload, receivedTime = storedValue
-        t = ()
-        sqlExecute('''INSERT INTO inventory VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?)''',
-                   hash,objectType,streamNumber,payload,receivedTime,'')
-        del inventory[hash]
+    with SqlBulkExecute() as sql:
+        for hash, storedValue in inventory.items():
+            objectType, streamNumber, payload, receivedTime = storedValue
+            sql.execute('''INSERT INTO inventory VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?)''',
+                       hash,objectType,streamNumber,payload,receivedTime,'')
+            del inventory[hash]
 
 def fixPotentiallyInvalidUTF8Data(text):
     try: