diff --git a/libs/fingerprint_index.py b/libs/fingerprint_index.py
index cb3ccb9..45d4f37 100644
--- a/libs/fingerprint_index.py
+++ b/libs/fingerprint_index.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import sys
 import logging
 import sqlite3 as sql
 from libs.exceptions import FingerprintIndexWrite
+from libs.exceptions import FingerprintIndexOpen
 from libs.fingerprint import FingerprintDB
 
 # prefixed with "_" so that it will be listed first and visible
@@ -67,6 +68,8 @@ class FingerprintIndex:
     """ read each file, pull md5, add row to database """
     failCount = 0
     finCount = 0
+    # self.db_conn.execute("INSERT INTO md5_index VALUES(?, ?, ?)", ["AAA", "BBB", "CCC"])
+    # self.db_conn.execute("INSERT INTO md5_index VALUES('DDD', 'EEE', 'FFF')")
     try:
       db = FingerprintDB()
       files = os.listdir(fp_dir)
@@ -80,22 +83,23 @@ class FingerprintIndex:
           # print("db_hash=={}".format(db.db_hash))
           # print("table_hashes={}".format(db.table_hashes))
           #md5_all = __createMD5Index(dbht)
-          return
           finCount = finCount+1
         except:
           failCount = failCount+1
     except:
       pass
+    finally:
+      self.db_conn.commit()
     logging.info("Completed populating the index. Completed: {}  Failed: {} ".format(str(finCount), str(failCount)))
 
   #
   def __insertRecord(self, md5_all, md5_list, filename):
     try:
-      logging.info("INSERT INTO md5_index VALUES(?, ?, ?): {}; {}; {}".format(md5_all, str(md5_list), filename))
+      # logging.info("INSERT INTO md5_index VALUES(?, ?, ?): {}; {}; {}".format(md5_all, str(md5_list), filename))
       self.db_conn.execute(
         '''
         INSERT INTO md5_index VALUES(?, ?, ?)
-        ''', (md5_all, str(md5_list), filename))
+        ''', [md5_all, ','.join(md5_list), filename])
     except Exception as e:
       logging.error("Error inserting a row\n{}".format(e))
       raise FingerprintIndexWrite("Error inserting a row")