diff --git a/db/sqlite.go b/db/sqlite.go
index 9b5b85a5..23d5d2a1 100644
--- a/db/sqlite.go
+++ b/db/sqlite.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ var (
 
 // NewSQLiteDB creates a new SQLite DB
 func NewSQLiteDB(dbPath string) (*sql.DB, error) {
-	return sql.Open("sqlite3", fmt.Sprintf("file:%s?_txlock=exclusive&_foreign_keys=on", dbPath))
+	return sql.Open("sqlite3", fmt.Sprintf("file:%s?_txlock=exclusive&_foreign_keys=on&_journal_mode=WAL", dbPath))
 }
 
 func ReturnErrNotFound(err error) error {