diff --git a/crates/db/src/db.rs b/crates/db/src/db.rs
index eab2f115d8e5c3db51541544a8dbc95f34713741..36f0365af97ed05859d0c1116065adb004dec2d9 100644
--- a/crates/db/src/db.rs
+++ b/crates/db/src/db.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const CONNECTION_INITIALIZE_QUERY: &str = sql!(
 
 const DB_INITIALIZE_QUERY: &str = sql!(
     PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL;
-    PRAGMA busy_timeout=1;
+    PRAGMA busy_timeout=500;
     PRAGMA case_sensitive_like=TRUE;
     PRAGMA synchronous=NORMAL;
 );