diff --git a/src/libstore/sqlite.cc b/src/libstore/sqlite.cc
index 04f514d66..55b967ed6 100644
--- a/src/libstore/sqlite.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/sqlite.cc
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ SQLite::~SQLite()
 void SQLite::isCache()
 {
     exec("pragma synchronous = off");
-    exec("pragma main.journal_mode = wal");
+    exec("pragma main.journal_mode = truncate");
 }
 
 void SQLite::exec(const std::string & stmt)
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ void handleSQLiteBusy(const SQLiteBusy & e, time_t & nextWarning)
     if (now > nextWarning) {
         nextWarning = now + 10;
         logWarning({
-            .msg = e.info().msg
+            .msg = HintFmt(e.what())
         });
     }
 
diff --git a/src/libutil/util.cc b/src/libutil/util.cc
index 23dafe8c9..c9cc80fef 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/util.cc
@@ -190,10 +190,8 @@ void ignoreExceptionInDestructor(Verbosity lvl)
     try {
         try {
             throw;
-        } catch (Error & e) {
-            printMsg(lvl, ANSI_RED "error (ignored):" ANSI_NORMAL " %s", e.info().msg);
         } catch (std::exception & e) {
-            printMsg(lvl, ANSI_RED "error (ignored):" ANSI_NORMAL " %s", e.what());
+            printMsg(lvl, "error (ignored): %1%", e.what());
         }
     } catch (...) { }
 }
@@ -204,10 +202,8 @@ void ignoreExceptionExceptInterrupt(Verbosity lvl)
         throw;
     } catch (const Interrupted & e) {
         throw;
-    } catch (Error & e) {
-        printMsg(lvl, ANSI_RED "error (ignored):" ANSI_NORMAL " %s", e.info().msg);
     } catch (std::exception & e) {
-        printMsg(lvl, ANSI_RED "error (ignored):" ANSI_NORMAL " %s", e.what());
+        printMsg(lvl, "error (ignored): %1%", e.what());
     }
 }