diff --git a/src/lib/Mothership/Magerun/Base/Command/Workflow/AbstractWorkflow.php b/src/lib/Mothership/Magerun/Base/Command/Workflow/AbstractWorkflow.php
index 4c60911..ffb61f5 100644
--- a/src/lib/Mothership/Magerun/Base/Command/Workflow/AbstractWorkflow.php
+++ b/src/lib/Mothership/Magerun/Base/Command/Workflow/AbstractWorkflow.php
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ public function fetch($sql, array $args = [], $pdoFetchType = \PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)
      */
     public function exec($sql, array $args = [])
     {
-        $pdo = \Mage::getSingleton('core/resource')->getConnection('core_read')->getConnection();
+        $pdo = \Mage::getSingleton('core/resource')->getConnection('core_write')->getConnection();
         $stmt = $pdo->prepare($sql);
         $stmt->execute($args);