diff --git a/internal/sqlutil/sqlutil.go b/internal/sqlutil/sqlutil.go
index 0cdae6d30..94dce1262 100644
--- a/internal/sqlutil/sqlutil.go
+++ b/internal/sqlutil/sqlutil.go
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ func Open(dbProperties *config.DatabaseOptions, writer Writer) (*sql.DB, error)
 		db.SetMaxOpenConns(dbProperties.MaxOpenConns())
 		db.SetMaxIdleConns(dbProperties.MaxIdleConns())
 		db.SetConnMaxLifetime(dbProperties.ConnMaxLifetime())
+	} else {
+		db.Exec("PRAGMA busy_timeout = 10000;")
+		db.Exec("PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL;")
 	}
 	return db, nil
 }