diff --git a/core/db_nocgo.go b/core/db_nocgo.go
index 5906857a..5ab2bb05 100644
--- a/core/db_nocgo.go
+++ b/core/db_nocgo.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ func connectDB(dbPath string) (*dbx.DB, error) {
 	// Note: the busy_timeout pragma must be first because
 	// the connection needs to be set to block on busy before WAL mode
 	// is set in case it hasn't been already set by another connection.
-	pragmas := "?_pragma=busy_timeout(1000)&_pragma=journal_mode(WAL)&_pragma=journal_size_limit(200000000)&_pragma=synchronous(NORMAL)&_pragma=foreign_keys(ON)"
+	pragmas := "?_pragma=busy_timeout(10000)&_pragma=journal_mode(WAL)&_pragma=journal_size_limit(200000000)&_pragma=synchronous(NORMAL)&_pragma=foreign_keys(ON)"
 
 	db, err := dbx.Open("sqlite", dbPath+pragmas)
 	if err != nil {