diff --git a/server/database.js b/server/database.js
index 4c374ca6b..5f87352b9 100644
--- a/server/database.js
+++ b/server/database.js
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ class Database {
         await R.exec("PRAGMA auto_vacuum = FULL");
 
         //Avoid error "SQLITE_BUSY: database is locked" by allowing SQLITE to wait up to 5 seconds to do a write
-        await R.exec("PRAGMA busy_timeout = 5000;");
+        await R.exec("PRAGMA busy_timeout = 5000");
 
         // This ensures that an operating system crash or power failure will not corrupt the database.
         // FULL synchronous is very safe, but it is also slower.