diff --git a/osu.Desktop/osu.Desktop.csproj b/osu.Desktop/osu.Desktop.csproj
index 3d64cab84e..3a35568f8f 100644
--- a/osu.Desktop/osu.Desktop.csproj
+++ b/osu.Desktop/osu.Desktop.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <Import Project="..\osu.Game.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Project">
     <TargetFrameworks>net471;netcoreapp2.0</TargetFrameworks>
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Win32.Registry" Version="4.4.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="Package References">
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="2.0.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="2.0.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="squirrel.windows" Version="1.8.0" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net471'" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="Resources">
     <EmbeddedResource Include="lazer.ico" />
   </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/osu.Game/Database/OsuDbContext.cs b/osu.Game/Database/OsuDbContext.cs
index 1979ce3648..06503ffc5f 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Database/OsuDbContext.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Database/OsuDbContext.cs
@@ -106,8 +106,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
 
         public IDbContextTransaction BeginTransaction()
         {
-            // return Database.BeginTransaction();
-            return null;
+            return Database.BeginTransaction();
         }
 
         public int SaveChanges(IDbContextTransaction transaction = null)
diff --git a/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj b/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj
index 1a75f1979a..afb656a260 100644
--- a/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj
+++ b/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   <ItemGroup Label="Package References">
     <PackageReference Include="Humanizer" Version="2.2.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="2.0.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite.Core" Version="2.0.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite.Core" Version="2.0.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="10.0.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="SharpCompress" Version="0.18.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="NUnit" Version="3.10.1" />