diff --git a/perf/throughput/rusqlite/src/main.rs b/perf/throughput/rusqlite/src/main.rs
index 103958c71..d13bf958a 100644
--- a/perf/throughput/rusqlite/src/main.rs
+++ b/perf/throughput/rusqlite/src/main.rs
@@ -132,14 +132,14 @@ fn worker_thread(
 
     conn.busy_timeout(std::time::Duration::from_secs(30))?;
 
-    let mut stmt = conn.prepare("INSERT INTO test_table (id, data) VALUES (?, ?)")?;
-
     start_barrier.wait();
 
     let start_time = Instant::now();
     let mut total_inserts = 0;
 
     for iteration in 0..iterations {
+        let mut stmt = conn.prepare("INSERT INTO test_table (id, data) VALUES (?, ?)")?;
+
         conn.execute("BEGIN", [])?;
 
         for i in 0..batch_size {
diff --git a/perf/throughput/turso/src/main.rs b/perf/throughput/turso/src/main.rs
index e08b1610c..8995fa710 100644
--- a/perf/throughput/turso/src/main.rs
+++ b/perf/throughput/turso/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use clap::{Parser, ValueEnum};
 use std::sync::{Arc, Barrier};
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU64, Ordering};
 use std::time::Instant;
 use tokio::runtime::Runtime;
 use turso::{Builder, Database, Result};
@@ -151,49 +152,65 @@ async fn worker_thread(
 ) -> Result<u64> {
     let conn = db.connect()?;
 
-    let mut stmt = conn
-        .prepare("INSERT INTO test_table (id, data) VALUES (?, ?)")
-        .await?;
-
     start_barrier.wait();
 
     let start_time = Instant::now();
-    let mut total_inserts = 0;
+    let total_inserts = Arc::new(AtomicU64::new(0));
+
+    let mut tx_futs = vec![];
 
     for iteration in 0..iterations {
-        let begin_stmt = match mode {
-            TransactionMode::Legacy | TransactionMode::Mvcc => "BEGIN",
-            TransactionMode::Concurrent => "BEGIN CONCURRENT",
+        let conn = conn.clone();
+        let total_inserts = Arc::clone(&total_inserts);
+        let tx_fut = async move {
+            let mut stmt = conn
+                .prepare("INSERT INTO test_table (id, data) VALUES (?, ?)")
+                .await?;
+
+            let begin_stmt = match mode {
+                TransactionMode::Legacy | TransactionMode::Mvcc => "BEGIN",
+                TransactionMode::Concurrent => "BEGIN CONCURRENT",
+            };
+            conn.execute(begin_stmt, ()).await?;
+
+            for i in 0..batch_size {
+                let id = thread_id * iterations * batch_size + iteration * batch_size + i;
+                stmt.execute(turso::params::Params::Positional(vec![
+                    turso::Value::Integer(id as i64),
+                    turso::Value::Text(format!("data_{}", id)),
+                ]))
+                .await?;
+                total_inserts.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+            }
+
+            if think_ms > 0 {
+                tokio::time::sleep(tokio::time::Duration::from_millis(think_ms)).await;
+            }
+
+            conn.execute("COMMIT", ()).await?;
+            Ok::<_, turso::Error>(())
         };
-        conn.execute(begin_stmt, ()).await?;
+        match mode {
+            TransactionMode::Concurrent => tx_futs.push(tx_fut),
+            _ => tx_fut.await?,
+        };
+    }
 
-        for i in 0..batch_size {
-            let id = thread_id * iterations * batch_size + iteration * batch_size + i;
-            stmt.execute(turso::params::Params::Positional(vec![
-                turso::Value::Integer(id as i64),
-                turso::Value::Text(format!("data_{}", id)),
-            ]))
-            .await?;
-            total_inserts += 1;
-        }
-
-        if think_ms > 0 {
-            tokio::time::sleep(tokio::time::Duration::from_millis(think_ms)).await;
-        }
-
-        conn.execute("COMMIT", ()).await?;
+    for tx_fut in tx_futs {
+        tx_fut.await?;
     }
 
     let elapsed = start_time.elapsed();
-    let throughput = (total_inserts as f64) / elapsed.as_secs_f64();
+    let final_inserts = total_inserts.load(Ordering::Relaxed);
+    let throughput = (final_inserts as f64) / elapsed.as_secs_f64();
 
     println!(
         "Thread {}: {} inserts in {:.2}s ({:.2} inserts/sec)",
         thread_id,
-        total_inserts,
+        final_inserts,
         elapsed.as_secs_f64(),
         throughput
     );
 
-    Ok(total_inserts)
+    Ok(final_inserts)
 }