diff --git a/src/wallet/sqlite.h b/src/wallet/sqlite.h
--- a/src/wallet/sqlite.h
+++ b/src/wallet/sqlite.h
@@ -7,13 +7,16 @@
 
 #include <wallet/db.h>
 
+#include <sqlite3.h>
+
 struct bilingual_str;
 class SQLiteDatabase;
 
 /** RAII class that provides access to a WalletDatabase */
 class SQLiteBatch : public DatabaseBatch {
 private:
-    SQLiteDatabase &m_database;
+    // FIXME: uncomment m_database when it is used in commit a0de833
+    // SQLiteDatabase &m_database;
 
     bool ReadKey(CDataStream &&key, CDataStream &value) override;
     bool WriteKey(CDataStream &&key, CDataStream &&value,
@@ -23,6 +26,7 @@
 
 public:
     explicit SQLiteBatch(SQLiteDatabase &database);
+    ~SQLiteBatch() override { Close(); }
 
     /** No-op. See comment on SQLiteDatabase::Flush */
     void Flush() override {}
@@ -94,6 +98,8 @@
     /** Make a SQLiteBatch connected to this database */
     std::unique_ptr<DatabaseBatch>
     MakeBatch(bool flush_on_close = true) override;
+
+    sqlite3 *m_db{nullptr};
 };
 
 bool ExistsSQLiteDatabase(const fs::path &path);
diff --git a/src/wallet/sqlite.cpp b/src/wallet/sqlite.cpp
--- a/src/wallet/sqlite.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/sqlite.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #include <wallet/sqlite.h>
 
+#include <logging.h>
 #include <util/strencodings.h>
 #include <util/translation.h>
 #include <wallet/db.h>
@@ -17,9 +18,16 @@
                                const fs::path &file_path, bool mock)
     // FIXME: uncomment m_mock when backporting commit a0de833
     : WalletDatabase(), /* m_mock(mock), */ m_dir_path(dir_path.string()),
-      m_file_path(file_path.string()) {}
+      m_file_path(file_path.string()) {
+    LogPrintf("Using SQLite Version %s\n", SQLiteDatabaseVersion());
+    LogPrintf("Using wallet %s\n", m_dir_path);
 
-SQLiteDatabase::~SQLiteDatabase() {}
+    Open();
+}
+
+SQLiteDatabase::~SQLiteDatabase() {
+    Close();
+}
 
 void SQLiteDatabase::Open() {}
 
@@ -37,6 +45,10 @@
     return nullptr;
 }
 
+// FIXME: uncomment m_database when backporting commit a0de833
+SQLiteBatch::SQLiteBatch(
+    SQLiteDatabase &database) /* : m_database(database) */ {}
+
 void SQLiteBatch::Close() {}
 
 bool SQLiteBatch::ReadKey(CDataStream &&key, CDataStream &value) {