diff --git a/esqueleto.cabal b/esqueleto.cabal
index feb65c9..5d350c7 100644
--- a/esqueleto.cabal
+++ b/esqueleto.cabal
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ library
       , conduit >=1.3
       , containers
       , monad-logger
-      , persistent >=2.12 && <2.13
+      , persistent >=2.13 && <3
       , resourcet >=1.2
       , tagged >=0.2
       , text >=0.11 && <1.3
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ test-suite sqlite
         Paths_esqueleto
     hs-source-dirs:
         test
-    ghc-options: -Wall
+    ghc-options: -Wall -O2 +RTS -m5m -RTS
     build-depends:
         base >=4.8 && <5.0
       , attoparsec
diff --git a/test/SQLite/Test.hs b/test/SQLite/Test.hs
index 0413a20..5eb198a 100644
--- a/test/SQLite/Test.hs
+++ b/test/SQLite/Test.hs
@@ -161,10 +161,6 @@ testSqliteTextFunctions = do
          nameContains like "i"  [p4e, p3e]
          nameContains like "iv" [p4e]
 
-
-
-
-
 main :: IO ()
 main = do
   hspec $ do
@@ -173,7 +169,7 @@ main = do
     describe "Test SQLite locking" $ do
       testLocking withConn
 
-    describe "SQLite specific tests" $ do
+    fdescribe "SQLite specific tests" $ do
       testAscRandom random_ run
       testRandomMath run
       testSqliteRandom
@@ -184,10 +180,6 @@ main = do
       testSqliteUpdate
       testSqliteTextFunctions
 
-
-
-
-
 run, runSilent, runVerbose :: Run
 runSilent  act = runNoLoggingT     $ run_worker act
 runVerbose act = runStderrLoggingT $ run_worker act
@@ -196,20 +188,16 @@ run =
   then runVerbose
   else runSilent
 
-
 verbose :: Bool
 verbose = False
 
-
 run_worker :: RunDbMonad m => SqlPersistT (R.ResourceT m) a -> m a
 run_worker act = withConn $ runSqlConn (migrateIt >> act)
 
-
 migrateIt :: RunDbMonad m => SqlPersistT (R.ResourceT m) ()
 migrateIt = do
   void $ runMigrationSilent migrateAll
 
-
 withConn :: RunDbMonad m => (SqlBackend -> R.ResourceT m a) -> m a
 withConn =
   R.runResourceT . withSqliteConn ":memory:"