diff --git a/src/database.rs b/src/database.rs
index 080e24b3..ae7298a9 100644
--- a/src/database.rs
+++ b/src/database.rs
@@ -314,11 +314,11 @@ impl Database {
                         .try_into()
                         .expect("pdu cache capacity fits into usize"),
                 )),
-                auth_chain_cache: Mutex::new(LruCache::new(1_000_000)),
-                shorteventid_cache: Mutex::new(LruCache::new(1_000_000)),
-                eventidshort_cache: Mutex::new(LruCache::new(1_000_000)),
-                shortstatekey_cache: Mutex::new(LruCache::new(1_000_000)),
-                statekeyshort_cache: Mutex::new(LruCache::new(1_000_000)),
+                auth_chain_cache: Mutex::new(LruCache::new(10_000_000)),
+                shorteventid_cache: Mutex::new(LruCache::new(10_000_000)),
+                eventidshort_cache: Mutex::new(LruCache::new(10_000_000)),
+                shortstatekey_cache: Mutex::new(LruCache::new(10_000_000)),
+                statekeyshort_cache: Mutex::new(LruCache::new(10_000_000)),
                 our_real_users_cache: RwLock::new(HashMap::new()),
                 appservice_in_room_cache: RwLock::new(HashMap::new()),
                 stateinfo_cache: Mutex::new(LruCache::new(1000)),
diff --git a/src/database/abstraction/sqlite.rs b/src/database/abstraction/sqlite.rs
index 1d2038c5..cb8cad49 100644
--- a/src/database/abstraction/sqlite.rs
+++ b/src/database/abstraction/sqlite.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ thread_local! {
 
 struct PreparedStatementIterator<'a> {
     pub iterator: Box<dyn Iterator<Item = TupleOfBytes> + 'a>,
-    pub statement_ref: NonAliasingBox<rusqlite::Statement<'a>>,
+    pub statement_ref: NonAliasingBox<rusqlite::CachedStatement<'a>>,
 }
 
 impl Iterator for PreparedStatementIterator<'_> {
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ impl Engine {
     fn prepare_conn(path: &Path, cache_size_kb: u32) -> Result<Connection> {
         let conn = Connection::open(&path)?;
 
-        conn.pragma_update(Some(Main), "page_size", &2048)?;
+        conn.pragma_update(Some(Main), "page_size", &32768)?;
         conn.pragma_update(Some(Main), "journal_mode", &"WAL")?;
         conn.pragma_update(Some(Main), "synchronous", &"NORMAL")?;
         conn.pragma_update(Some(Main), "cache_size", &(-i64::from(cache_size_kb)))?;
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ impl SqliteTable {
     fn get_with_guard(&self, guard: &Connection, key: &[u8]) -> Result<Option<Vec<u8>>> {
         //dbg!(&self.name);
         Ok(guard
-            .prepare(format!("SELECT value FROM {} WHERE key = ?", self.name).as_str())?
+            .prepare_cached(format!("SELECT value FROM {} WHERE key = ?", self.name).as_str())?
             .query_row([key], |row| row.get(0))
             .optional()?)
     }
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ impl SqliteTable {
     ) -> Box<dyn Iterator<Item = TupleOfBytes> + 'a> {
         let statement = Box::leak(Box::new(
             guard
-                .prepare(&format!(
+                .prepare_cached(&format!(
                     "SELECT key, value FROM {} ORDER BY key ASC",
                     &self.name
                 ))
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ impl Tree for SqliteTable {
         if backwards {
             let statement = Box::leak(Box::new(
                 guard
-                    .prepare(&format!(
+                    .prepare_cached(&format!(
                         "SELECT key, value FROM {} WHERE key <= ? ORDER BY key DESC",
                         &self.name
                     ))
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ impl Tree for SqliteTable {
         } else {
             let statement = Box::leak(Box::new(
                 guard
-                    .prepare(&format!(
+                    .prepare_cached(&format!(
                         "SELECT key, value FROM {} WHERE key >= ? ORDER BY key ASC",
                         &self.name
                     ))
diff --git a/src/server_server.rs b/src/server_server.rs
index 482edf0f..f96244f1 100644
--- a/src/server_server.rs
+++ b/src/server_server.rs
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ use ruma::{
         },
         AnyEphemeralRoomEvent, EventType,
     },
-    int,
     receipt::ReceiptType,
     serde::JsonObject,
     signatures::{CanonicalJsonObject, CanonicalJsonValue},
@@ -751,14 +750,14 @@ pub async fn send_transaction_message_route(
                 .roomid_mutex_federation
                 .write()
                 .unwrap()
-                .entry(room_id.clone())
+                .entry(RoomId::try_from("!asdf:asfd.asdf").unwrap())
                 .or_default(),
         );
         let mutex_lock = mutex.lock().await;
         let start_time = Instant::now();
         resolved_map.insert(
             event_id.clone(),
-            handle_incoming_pdu(
+            dbg!(handle_incoming_pdu(
                 &body.origin,
                 &event_id,
                 &room_id,
@@ -767,7 +766,7 @@ pub async fn send_transaction_message_route(
                 &db,
                 &pub_key_map,
             )
-            .await
+            .await)
             .map(|_| ()),
         );
         drop(mutex_lock);
@@ -956,6 +955,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn handle_incoming_pdu<'a>(
     db: &'a Database,
     pub_key_map: &'a RwLock<BTreeMap<String, BTreeMap<String, String>>>,
 ) -> Result<Option<Vec<u8>>, String> {
+    warn!("Handling incoming pdu: {:?}", value);
     match db.rooms.exists(room_id) {
         Ok(true) => {}
         _ => {
@@ -1000,6 +1000,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn handle_incoming_pdu<'a>(
         return Ok(None);
     }
 
+    /* stop fetching prev events for now
     // 9. Fetch any missing prev events doing all checks listed here starting at 1. These are timeline events
     let mut graph = HashMap::new();
     let mut eventid_info = HashMap::new();
@@ -1114,6 +1115,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn handle_incoming_pdu<'a>(
             );
         }
     }
+    */
 
     upgrade_outlier_to_timeline_pdu(
         incoming_pdu,
@@ -2838,7 +2840,7 @@ async fn create_join_event(
             .roomid_mutex_federation
             .write()
             .unwrap()
-            .entry(room_id.clone())
+            .entry(RoomId::try_from("!asdf:asfd.asdf").unwrap()) // make all rooms share the same lock for now
             .or_default(),
     );
     let mutex_lock = mutex.lock().await;