diff --git a/src/program/program.py b/src/program/program.py
index 6b9f6dcb..171194b2 100644
--- a/src/program/program.py
+++ b/src/program/program.py
@@ -393,63 +393,86 @@ def _init_db_from_symlinks(self):
                     return
 
                 logger.log("PROGRAM", "Collecting items from symlinks, this may take a while depending on library size")
-                items = self.services[SymlinkLibrary].run()
-                errors = []
-                added_items = set()
-
-                progress, console = create_progress_bar(len(items))
-                task = progress.add_task("Enriching items with metadata", total=len(items), log="")
-
-                with Live(progress, console=console, refresh_per_second=10):
-                    workers = int(os.getenv("SYMLINK_MAX_WORKERS", 4))
-                    with ThreadPoolExecutor(thread_name_prefix="EnhanceSymlinks", max_workers=workers) as executor:
-                        future_to_item = {
-                            executor.submit(self._enhance_item, item): item
-                            for item in items
-                            if isinstance(item, (Movie, Show))
-                        }
-
-                        for future in as_completed(future_to_item):
-                            item = future_to_item[future]
-                            log_message = ""
-
+                try:
+                    items = self.services[SymlinkLibrary].run()
+                    errors = []
+                    added_items = set()
+
+                    # Convert items to list and get total count
+                    items_list = [item for item in items if isinstance(item, (Movie, Show))]
+                    total_items = len(items_list)
+                    
+                    progress, console = create_progress_bar(total_items)
+                    task = progress.add_task("Enriching items with metadata", total=total_items, log="")
+
+                    # Process in chunks of 100 items
+                    chunk_size = 100
+                    with Live(progress, console=console, refresh_per_second=10):
+                        workers = int(os.getenv("SYMLINK_MAX_WORKERS", 4))
+                        
+                        for i in range(0, total_items, chunk_size):
+                            chunk = items_list[i:i + chunk_size]
+                            
                             try:
-                                if not item or item.imdb_id in added_items:
-                                    errors.append(f"Duplicate symlink directory found for {item.log_string}")
-                                    continue
-
-                                # Check for existing item using your db_functions
-                                if db_functions.get_item_by_id(item.id, session=session):
-                                    errors.append(f"Duplicate item found in database for id: {item.id}")
-                                    continue
-
-                                enhanced_item = future.result()
-                                if not enhanced_item:
-                                    errors.append(f"Failed to enhance {item.log_string} ({item.imdb_id}) with Trakt Indexer")
-                                    continue
-
-                                enhanced_item.store_state()
-                                session.add(enhanced_item)
-                                added_items.add(item.imdb_id)
-
-                                log_message = f"Indexed IMDb Id: {enhanced_item.id} as {enhanced_item.type.title()}: {enhanced_item.log_string}"
-                            except NotADirectoryError:
-                                errors.append(f"Skipping {item.log_string} as it is not a valid directory")
+                                with ThreadPoolExecutor(thread_name_prefix="EnhanceSymlinks", max_workers=workers) as executor:
+                                    future_to_item = {
+                                        executor.submit(self._enhance_item, item): item
+                                        for item in chunk
+                                    }
+
+                                    for future in as_completed(future_to_item):
+                                        item = future_to_item[future]
+                                        log_message = ""
+
+                                        try:
+                                            if not item or item.imdb_id in added_items:
+                                                errors.append(f"Duplicate symlink directory found for {item.log_string}")
+                                                continue
+
+                                            if db_functions.get_item_by_id(item.id, session=session):
+                                                errors.append(f"Duplicate item found in database for id: {item.id}")
+                                                continue
+
+                                            enhanced_item = future.result()
+                                            if not enhanced_item:
+                                                errors.append(f"Failed to enhance {item.log_string} ({item.imdb_id}) with Trakt Indexer")
+                                                continue
+
+                                            enhanced_item.store_state()
+                                            session.add(enhanced_item)
+                                            added_items.add(item.imdb_id)
+
+                                            log_message = f"Indexed IMDb Id: {enhanced_item.id} as {enhanced_item.type.title()}: {enhanced_item.log_string}"
+                                        except NotADirectoryError:
+                                            errors.append(f"Skipping {item.log_string} as it is not a valid directory")
+                                        except Exception as e:
+                                            logger.exception(f"Error processing {item.log_string}: {e}")
+                                            raise  # Re-raise to trigger rollback
+                                        finally:
+                                            progress.update(task, advance=1, log=log_message)
+
+                                # Only commit if the entire chunk was successful
+                                session.commit()
+                                
                             except Exception as e:
-                                logger.exception(f"Error processing {item.log_string}: {e}")
-                            finally:
-                                progress.update(task, advance=1, log=log_message)
-
+                                session.rollback()
+                                logger.error(f"Failed to process chunk {i//chunk_size + 1}, rolling back all changes: {str(e)}")
+                                raise  # Re-raise to abort the entire process
+                        
                         progress.update(task, log="Finished Indexing Symlinks!")
-                        session.commit()
 
-                if errors:
-                    logger.error("Errors encountered during initialization")
-                    for error in errors:
-                        logger.error(error)
+                    if errors:
+                        logger.error("Errors encountered during initialization")
+                        for error in errors:
+                            logger.error(error)
+
+                except Exception as e:
+                    session.rollback()
+                    logger.error(f"Failed to initialize database from symlinks: {str(e)}")
+                    return
 
                 elapsed_time = datetime.now() - start_time
                 total_seconds = elapsed_time.total_seconds()
                 hours, remainder = divmod(total_seconds, 3600)
                 minutes, seconds = divmod(remainder, 60)
-                logger.success(f"Database initialized, time taken: h{int(hours):02d}:m{int(minutes):02d}:s{int(seconds):02d}")
+                logger.success(f"Database initialized, time taken: h{int(hours):02d}:m{int(minutes):02d}:s{int(seconds):02d}")
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