diff --git a/src/db/mod.rs b/src/db/mod.rs
index 39c48ca6..26346b1a 100644
--- a/src/db/mod.rs
+++ b/src/db/mod.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ struct ConnectionCustomizer;
 impl CustomizeConnection<Connection, ::rusqlite::Error> for ConnectionCustomizer {
     fn on_acquire(&self, conn: &mut Connection) -> Result<(), ::rusqlite::Error> {
         conn.execute("PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON;", [])?;
+        conn.execute("PRAGMA busy_timeout = 1000;", [])?;
         Ok(())
     }
 }