diff --git a/libretro-common/file/retro_file.c b/libretro-common/file/retro_file.c
index 16697bcbe0..0a91b31850 100644
--- a/libretro-common/file/retro_file.c
+++ b/libretro-common/file/retro_file.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #endif
 
-#if 0
+#if 1
 #define HAVE_BUFFERED_IO 1
 #endif
 
diff --git a/libretro-db/libretrodb.c b/libretro-db/libretrodb.c
index 3c8dd0666e..3b2b1290b0 100644
--- a/libretro-db/libretrodb.c
+++ b/libretro-db/libretrodb.c
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ int libretrodb_open(const char *path, libretrodb_t *db)
    libretrodb_header_t header;
    libretrodb_metadata_t md;
    int rv;
-   RFILE *fd = retro_fopen(path, RFILE_MODE_READ_WRITE, -1);
+   RFILE *fd = retro_fopen(path, RFILE_MODE_READ, -1);
 
    if (!fd)
       return -errno;