diff --git a/server/database.js b/server/database.js
index 54174bfb7..b234d67d0 100644
--- a/server/database.js
+++ b/server/database.js
@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ class Database {
         await R.exec("PRAGMA cache_size = -12000");
         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");
+
         // 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.
         // Read more: https://sqlite.org/pragma.html#pragma_synchronous