diff --git a/listener.go b/listener.go
index cf18262..d397171 100644
--- a/listener.go
+++ b/listener.go
@@ -61,12 +61,12 @@
 func processSqliteSnapshot(db apid.DB) {
 
 	var numApidClusters int
-	apidClusters, err := db.Query("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM edgex_apid_cluster")
+	tx, err := db.Begin()
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Panicf("Unable to read database: %s", err.Error())
+		log.Panicf("Unable to open DB txn: %v", err)
 	}
-	apidClusters.Next()
-	err = apidClusters.Scan(&numApidClusters)
+
+	err = tx.QueryRow("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM edgex_apid_cluster").Scan(&numApidClusters)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Panicf("Unable to read database: %s", err.Error())
 	}
@@ -75,15 +75,26 @@
 		log.Panic("Illegal state for apid_cluster. Must be a single row.")
 	}
 
-	_, err = db.Exec("ALTER TABLE edgex_apid_cluster ADD COLUMN last_sequence text DEFAULT ''")
+	prep, err := tx.Prepare("ALTER TABLE edgex_apid_cluster ADD COLUMN last_sequence text DEFAULT ''")
 	if err != nil {
 		if err.Error() == "duplicate column name: last_sequence" {
+			tx.Rollback()
 			return
 		} else {
-			log.Error("[[" + err.Error() + "]]")
 			log.Panicf("Unable to create last_sequence column on DB.  Unrecoverable error ", err)
 		}
 	}
+
+	_, err = prep.Exec()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Debugf("Snapshot processing DB exec failed. Err: %v", err)
+		prep.Close()
+		tx.Rollback()
+		return
+	}
+	prep.Close()
+	tx.Commit()
+
 }
 
 func processChangeList(changes *common.ChangeList) bool {