diff --git a/scripts/limbo-sqlite3 b/scripts/limbo-sqlite3
index 9054eca05..3225910d8 100755
--- a/scripts/limbo-sqlite3
+++ b/scripts/limbo-sqlite3
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ EXPERIMENTAL_FLAGS="--experimental-views"
 
 # if RUST_LOG is non-empty, enable tracing output
 if [ -n "$RUST_LOG" ]; then
-   TESTING="true" "$TURSODB" -m list -q $EXPERIMENTAL_FLAGS -t testing/test.log "$@"
+   TURSO_ENABLE_CHECKPOINT_CACHE=1 TESTING="true" "$TURSODB" -m list -q $EXPERIMENTAL_FLAGS -t testing/test.log "$@"
 else
-   TESTING="true" "$TURSODB" -m list -q $EXPERIMENTAL_FLAGS "$@"
+   TURSO_ENABLE_CHECKPOINT_CACHE=1 TESTING="true" "$TURSODB" -m list -q $EXPERIMENTAL_FLAGS "$@"
 fi
diff --git a/scripts/limbo-sqlite3-index-experimental b/scripts/limbo-sqlite3-index-experimental
index a0ec545aa..5a512496d 100755
--- a/scripts/limbo-sqlite3-index-experimental
+++ b/scripts/limbo-sqlite3-index-experimental
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ EXPERIMENTAL_FLAGS="--experimental-indexes"
 
 # if RUST_LOG is non-empty, enable tracing output
 if [ -n "$RUST_LOG" ]; then
-   "$TURSODB" -m list -q $EXPERIMENTAL_FLAGS -t testing/test.log "$@"
+  TURSO_ENABLE_CHECKPOINT_CACHE=1 "$TURSODB" -m list -q $EXPERIMENTAL_FLAGS -t testing/test.log "$@"
 else
-   "$TURSODB" -m list -q $EXPERIMENTAL_FLAGS "$@"
+  TURSO_ENABLE_CHECKPOINT_CACHE=1 "$TURSODB" -m list -q $EXPERIMENTAL_FLAGS "$@"
 fi
diff --git a/scripts/run-sim b/scripts/run-sim
index 661062c54..4489238e5 100755
--- a/scripts/run-sim
+++ b/scripts/run-sim
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 set -e
 
 if [[ -n "$@" ]]; then
-    cargo run -p limbo_sim -- "$@"
+    TURSO_ENABLE_CHECKPOINT_CACHE=1 cargo run -p limbo_sim -- "$@"
 else
     echo "Running limbo_sim in infinite loop..."
     while true; do
-        cargo run -p limbo_sim
+        TURSO_ENABLE_CHECKPOINT_CACHE=1 cargo run -p limbo_sim
     done
 fi