# Journal file not available

**URL:** <https://discuss.zetetic.net/t/journal-file-not-available/499>\
**Category:** SQLCipher\
**Created:** [April 1, 2015, 5:37am UTC](https://discuss.zetetic.net/t/journal-file-not-available/499 "2015-04-01T05:37:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![vinay\_kumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/59ef9b/32.png) [@vinay\_kumar](https://discuss.zetetic.net/u/vinay_kumar)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 5:37am UTC](https://discuss.zetetic.net/t/journal-file-not-available/499/1 "2015-04-01T05:37:13Z")

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![](https://cdck-file-uploads-us1.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/flex016/uploads/zetetic/original/1X/f7bcd6557f4394f19067fdba265ef2b28d611019.png) Hi All,

While I am able to test SQLCipher succesfully, one thing I noticed is unlike normal Sqlite DB which has associated journal file, DB created with SQLCipher doesnt has one. Is this expected or am I missing. This is just to make sure that my excerise is done 100% correctly. Tested on Emulator with Nexus5 config.

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**Author:** ![developernotes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.zetetic.net/developernotes/32/1309_2.png) [@developernotes](https://discuss.zetetic.net/u/developernotes)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 1:36pm UTC](https://discuss.zetetic.net/t/journal-file-not-available/499/2 "2015-04-01T13:36:11Z")

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The default journal mode is `DELETE`, where the journal file is deleted upon conclusion of each transaction. You can change this by issuing a [`PRAGMA journal_mode=…;`](https://www.sqlite.org/pragma.html#pragma_journal_mode) command based on the needs of your application.