diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/database/DbOpenCallback.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/database/DbOpenCallback.kt
index 93826ab8a..5ed6b91f9 100755
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/database/DbOpenCallback.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/database/DbOpenCallback.kt
@@ -115,5 +115,14 @@ class DbOpenCallback : SupportSQLiteOpenHelper.Callback(DATABASE_VERSION) {
 
     override fun onConfigure(db: SupportSQLiteDatabase) {
         db.setForeignKeyConstraintsEnabled(true)
+        setPragma(db, "foreign_keys = ON")
+        setPragma(db, "journal_mode = WAL")
+        setPragma(db, "synchronous = NORMAL")
+    }
+
+    private fun setPragma(db: SupportSQLiteDatabase, pragma: String) {
+        val cursor = db.query("PRAGMA $pragma")
+        cursor.moveToFirst()
+        cursor.close()
     }
 }