diff --git a/crates/agent/src/db.rs b/crates/agent/src/db.rs
index 10ecb643b9a17dd6b02b47a416c526a662d12632..999c1d7f7a07298d19207425cbad87bb0f553849 100644
--- a/crates/agent/src/db.rs
+++ b/crates/agent/src/db.rs
@@ -382,6 +382,9 @@ impl ThreadsDatabase {
             Connection::open_file(&sqlite_path.to_string_lossy())
         };
 
+        connection.exec("PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL;")?()?;
+        connection.exec("PRAGMA busy_timeout=1000;")?()?;
+
         connection.exec(indoc! {"
             CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS threads (
                 id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,