diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/dbplatform/sqlite/SQLitePlatform.java b/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/dbplatform/sqlite/SQLitePlatform.java
index a9a8dd65c..74823549a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/dbplatform/sqlite/SQLitePlatform.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/dbplatform/sqlite/SQLitePlatform.java
@@ -19,12 +19,17 @@ public class SQLitePlatform extends DatabasePlatform {
     this.dbIdentity.setSelectLastInsertedIdTemplate("select last_insert_rowid()");
 
     this.booleanDbType = Types.INTEGER;
+    this.likeClauseRaw = "like ?";
+    this.likeClauseEscaped = "like ?";
 
     dbTypeMap.put(DbType.BIT, new DbPlatformType("int default 0"));
     dbTypeMap.put(DbType.BOOLEAN, new DbPlatformType("int default 0"));
     dbTypeMap.put(DbType.BIGINT, new DbPlatformType("integer"));
     dbTypeMap.put(DbType.SMALLINT, new DbPlatformType("integer"));
+  }
 
+  protected void escapeLikeCharacter(char ch, StringBuilder sb) {
+    sb.append(ch);
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DefaultContainer.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DefaultContainer.java
index 1ef44d978..ff4fd4338 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DefaultContainer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DefaultContainer.java
@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ public class DefaultContainer implements SpiContainer {
       dsConfig.setAutoCommit(true);
       //dsConfig.setReadOnly(true);
       dsConfig.setDefaults(config.getDataSourceConfig());
+      dsConfig.setIsolationLevel(config.getDataSourceConfig().getIsolationLevel());
     }
     String poolName = config.getName() + (readOnly ? "-ro" : "");
     return factory.createPool(poolName, dsConfig);