diff --git a/src/main/worker/dbService/db.ts b/src/main/worker/dbService/db.ts
index 0a0725f5..e13fda27 100644
--- a/src/main/worker/dbService/db.ts
+++ b/src/main/worker/dbService/db.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ export const init = (lxDataPath: string): boolean | null => {
     initTables(db)
     dbFileExists = false
   }
+  db.pragma('journal_mode = WAL')
 
   if (dbFileExists) migrateData(db)