diff --git a/internal/db/connect_modernc.go b/internal/db/connect_modernc.go
index 5a44a696d633ac56661fd2d25d841979a850b6e4..303c4e9a1108562d5060699381dcd9d8c9088d8a 100644
--- a/internal/db/connect_modernc.go
+++ b/internal/db/connect_modernc.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ func openDB(dbPath string) (*sql.DB, error) {
 	params.Add("_pragma", "cache_size(-8000)")
 	params.Add("_pragma", "synchronous(NORMAL)")
 	params.Add("_pragma", "secure_delete(on)")
+	params.Add("_pragma", "busy_timeout(5000)")
 
 	dsn := fmt.Sprintf("file:%s?%s", dbPath, params.Encode())
 	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite", dsn)
diff --git a/internal/db/connect_ncruces.go b/internal/db/connect_ncruces.go
index 45305e73a866717a94f2028b37bdc7681ed07c11..ceeb7233a45fff443c13ae7a8dccf740dbd5b782 100644
--- a/internal/db/connect_ncruces.go
+++ b/internal/db/connect_ncruces.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ func openDB(dbPath string) (*sql.DB, error) {
 		"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 {