diff --git a/src/distromatic.c b/src/distromatic.c
index 035429e..e3ab960 100644
--- a/src/distromatic.c
+++ b/src/distromatic.c
@@ -1015,12 +1015,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
                     name = NULL;
                } else if (!strcmp(longopts[longindex].name, "gensqlite3")) {
                     mode |= MODE_SQLITE3;
-                    genheader_mode |= GENHEADER_CHANGELOG;
-                    recursive_mode = 0;
-                    incremental_mode = 0;
-                    obsolete_packages = 0;
-                    resolve_dependencies = 0;
-                    name = NULL;
                } else if (!strcmp(longopts[longindex].name, "gensrcpkglist")) {
                     mode |= MODE_GENSRCPKGLIST;
                     name = NULL;
@@ -1078,6 +1072,16 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
           program_usage(1);
      }
 
+     /* if only target is sqlite3 db minimize operations */
+     if (mode == MODE_SQLITE3) {
+        genheader_mode |= GENHEADER_CHANGELOG;
+        recursive_mode = 0;
+        incremental_mode = 0;
+        obsolete_packages = 0;
+        resolve_dependencies = 0;
+        name = NULL;
+     }
+
      if (!configfile) {
           configfile = malloc(sizeof DEFAULT_CONFIGFILE);
 	  if (!configfile)  {