diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 6a7098ee..18044c68 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Changelog
 This document records the main changes to the ``sdssdb`` code.
 
 * Add ``ForeignKeyField`` to ``TIC_v8`` where for all models in ``catalogdb`` connected to Gaia.
+* Use ``autorollback=True`` by default in `.PeeweeDatabaseConnection`.
 
 * :release:`0.4.2 <2020-06-05>`
 * Add schema for ``gaia_dr2_ruwe``.
diff --git a/python/sdssdb/connection.py b/python/sdssdb/connection.py
index d5f55ed4..186acd5b 100644
--- a/python/sdssdb/connection.py
+++ b/python/sdssdb/connection.py
@@ -341,7 +341,9 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
 
         self._metadata = {}
 
-        PostgresqlDatabase.__init__(self, None)
+        autorollback = kwargs.pop('autorollback', True)
+
+        PostgresqlDatabase.__init__(self, None, autorollback=autorollback)
         DatabaseConnection.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
 
     @property