diff --git a/bindings/python/src/lib.rs b/bindings/python/src/lib.rs
index 6b38f503c..f88666c6d 100644
--- a/bindings/python/src/lib.rs
+++ b/bindings/python/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 use anyhow::Result;
 use errors::*;
+use limbo_core::types::Text;
+use limbo_core::OwnedValue;
 use pyo3::prelude::*;
 use pyo3::types::{PyBytes, PyList, PyTuple};
 use std::cell::RefCell;
+use std::num::NonZeroUsize;
 use std::rc::Rc;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
@@ -62,13 +65,6 @@ pub struct Cursor {
     smt: Option<Rc<RefCell<limbo_core::Statement>>>,
 }
 
-#[pyclass(unsendable)]
-#[derive(Clone)]
-pub struct Connection {
-    conn: Rc<limbo_core::Connection>,
-    io: Arc<dyn limbo_core::IO>,
-}
-
 #[allow(unused_variables, clippy::arc_with_non_send_sync)]
 #[pymethods]
 impl Cursor {
@@ -83,6 +79,20 @@ impl Cursor {
 
         let stmt = Rc::new(RefCell::new(statement));
 
+        Python::with_gil(|py| {
+            if let Some(params) = parameters {
+                let obj = params.into_bound(py);
+
+                for (i, elem) in obj.iter().enumerate() {
+                    let value = py_to_owned_value(&elem)?;
+                    stmt.borrow_mut()
+                        .bind_at(NonZeroUsize::new(i + 1).unwrap(), value);
+                }
+            }
+
+            Ok::<(), anyhow::Error>(())
+        })?;
+
         // For DDL and DML statements,
         // we need to execute the statement immediately
         if stmt_is_ddl || stmt_is_dml {
@@ -215,6 +225,13 @@ fn stmt_is_ddl(sql: &str) -> bool {
     sql.starts_with("CREATE") || sql.starts_with("ALTER") || sql.starts_with("DROP")
 }
 
+#[pyclass(unsendable)]
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct Connection {
+    conn: Rc<limbo_core::Connection>,
+    io: Arc<dyn limbo_core::IO>,
+}
+
 #[pymethods]
 impl Connection {
     pub fn cursor(&self) -> Result<Cursor> {
@@ -232,9 +249,16 @@ impl Connection {
     }
 
     pub fn commit(&self) -> PyResult<()> {
-        Err(PyErr::new::<NotSupportedError, _>(
-            "Transactions are not supported in this version",
-        ))
+        if !self.conn.get_auto_commit() {
+            self.conn.execute("COMMIT").map_err(|e| {
+                PyErr::new::<OperationalError, _>(format!("Failed to commit: {:?}", e))
+            })?;
+
+            self.conn.execute("BEGIN").map_err(|e| {
+                PyErr::new::<OperationalError, _>(format!("Failed to commit: {:?}", e))
+            })?;
+        }
+        Ok(())
     }
 
     pub fn rollback(&self) -> PyResult<()> {
@@ -293,6 +317,27 @@ fn row_to_py(py: Python, row: &limbo_core::Row) -> Result<PyObject> {
         .into())
 }
 
+/// Converts a Python object to a Limbo OwnedValue
+fn py_to_owned_value(obj: &Bound<PyAny>) -> Result<limbo_core::OwnedValue> {
+    if obj.is_none() {
+        return Ok(OwnedValue::Null);
+    } else if let Ok(integer) = obj.extract::<i64>() {
+        return Ok(OwnedValue::Integer(integer));
+    } else if let Ok(float) = obj.extract::<f64>() {
+        return Ok(OwnedValue::Float(float));
+    } else if let Ok(string) = obj.extract::<String>() {
+        return Ok(OwnedValue::Text(Text::from_str(string)));
+    } else if let Ok(bytes) = obj.downcast::<PyBytes>() {
+        return Ok(OwnedValue::Blob(Rc::new(bytes.as_bytes().to_vec())));
+    } else {
+        return Err(PyErr::new::<ProgrammingError, _>(format!(
+            "Unsupported Python type: {}",
+            obj.get_type().name()?
+        ))
+        .into());
+    }
+}
+
 #[pymodule]
 fn _limbo(m: &Bound<PyModule>) -> PyResult<()> {
     m.add("__version__", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"))?;
diff --git a/bindings/python/tests/database.db b/bindings/python/tests/database.db
index 6138f6dfc..89397b76e 100644
Binary files a/bindings/python/tests/database.db and b/bindings/python/tests/database.db differ
diff --git a/bindings/python/tests/test_database.py b/bindings/python/tests/test_database.py
index 63241f19a..4a8301395 100644
--- a/bindings/python/tests/test_database.py
+++ b/bindings/python/tests/test_database.py
@@ -67,6 +67,42 @@ def test_fetchone_select_max_user_id(provider):
     assert max_id == (2,)
 
 
+# Test case for: https://github.com/tursodatabase/limbo/issues/494
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("provider", ["sqlite3", "limbo"])
+def test_commit(provider):
+    con = connect(provider, "tests/database.db")
+    cur = con.cursor()
+
+    cur.execute("""
+        CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS users_b (
+            id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+            username TEXT UNIQUE NOT NULL,
+            email TEXT NOT NULL,
+            role TEXT NOT NULL,
+            created_at DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now'))
+        )
+    """)
+
+    con.commit()
+
+    sample_users = [
+        ("alice", "alice@example.com", "admin"),
+        ("bob", "bob@example.com", "user"),
+        ("charlie", "charlie@example.com", "moderator"),
+        ("diana", "diana@example.com", "user"),
+    ]
+
+    for username, email, role in sample_users:
+        cur.execute("INSERT INTO users_b (username, email, role) VALUES (?, ?, ?)", (username, email, role))
+
+    con.commit()
+
+    # Now query the table
+    res = cur.execute("SELECT * FROM users_b")
+    record = res.fetchone()
+    assert record
+
+
 def connect(provider, database):
     if provider == "limbo":
         return limbo.connect(database)
diff --git a/core/lib.rs b/core/lib.rs
index 4a5f0a206..03392f8ba 100644
--- a/core/lib.rs
+++ b/core/lib.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ pub mod result;
 mod schema;
 mod storage;
 mod translate;
-mod types;
+pub mod types;
 #[allow(dead_code)]
 mod util;
 mod vdbe;
@@ -525,6 +525,10 @@ impl Connection {
         }
         all_vfs
     }
+
+    pub fn get_auto_commit(&self) -> bool {
+        *self.auto_commit.borrow()
+    }
 }
 
 pub struct Statement {