diff --git a/internal/db/connect.go b/internal/db/connect.go
index 20f0c3f31b1506e32ed9d53327d839ac7616bbc9..231a4d079952be22438a2c09d764a6bb81d0d611 100644
--- a/internal/db/connect.go
+++ b/internal/db/connect.go
@@ -10,6 +10,16 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pressly/goose/v3"
 )
 
+var pragmas = map[string]string{
+	"foreign_keys":  "ON",
+	"journal_mode":  "WAL",
+	"page_size":     "4096",
+	"cache_size":    "-8000",
+	"synchronous":   "NORMAL",
+	"secure_delete": "ON",
+	"busy_timeout":  "30000",
+}
+
 // Connect opens a SQLite database connection and runs migrations.
 func Connect(ctx context.Context, dataDir string) (*sql.DB, error) {
 	if dataDir == "" {
diff --git a/internal/db/connect_modernc.go b/internal/db/connect_modernc.go
index 303c4e9a1108562d5060699381dcd9d8c9088d8a..39c7faa42516297d4df497821baa0be56835be15 100644
--- a/internal/db/connect_modernc.go
+++ b/internal/db/connect_modernc.go
@@ -14,18 +14,15 @@ func openDB(dbPath string) (*sql.DB, error) {
 	// Set pragmas for better performance via _pragma query params.
 	// Format: _pragma=name(value)
 	params := url.Values{}
-	params.Add("_pragma", "foreign_keys(on)")
-	params.Add("_pragma", "journal_mode(WAL)")
-	params.Add("_pragma", "page_size(4096)")
-	params.Add("_pragma", "cache_size(-8000)")
-	params.Add("_pragma", "synchronous(NORMAL)")
-	params.Add("_pragma", "secure_delete(on)")
-	params.Add("_pragma", "busy_timeout(5000)")
+	for name, value := range pragmas {
+		params.Add("_pragma", fmt.Sprintf("%s(%s)", name, value))
+	}
 
 	dsn := fmt.Sprintf("file:%s?%s", dbPath, params.Encode())
 	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite", dsn)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to open database: %w", err)
 	}
+
 	return db, nil
 }
diff --git a/internal/db/connect_ncruces.go b/internal/db/connect_ncruces.go
index ceeb7233a45fff443c13ae7a8dccf740dbd5b782..4832398063b1fa1cd1ae6d30c89c75b286fab2ed 100644
--- a/internal/db/connect_ncruces.go
+++ b/internal/db/connect_ncruces.go
@@ -12,21 +12,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 func openDB(dbPath string) (*sql.DB, error) {
-	// Set pragmas for better performance.
-	pragmas := []string{
-		"PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON;",
-		"PRAGMA journal_mode = WAL;",
-		"PRAGMA page_size = 4096;",
-		"PRAGMA cache_size = -8000;",
-		"PRAGMA synchronous = NORMAL;",
-		"PRAGMA secure_delete = ON;",
-		"PRAGMA busy_timeout = 5000;",
-	}
-
 	db, err := driver.Open(dbPath, func(c *sqlite3.Conn) error {
-		for _, pragma := range pragmas {
-			if err := c.Exec(pragma); err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("failed to set pragma %q: %w", pragma, err)
+		// Set pragmas for better performance via _pragma query params.
+		// Format: PRAGMA name = value;
+		for name, value := range pragmas {
+			if err := c.Exec(fmt.Sprintf("PRAGMA %s = %s;", name, value)); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to set pragma %q: %w", name, err)
 			}
 		}
 		return nil
@@ -34,5 +25,6 @@ func openDB(dbPath string) (*sql.DB, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to open database: %w", err)
 	}
+
 	return db, nil
 }