diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index a5fb8ee..4b26812 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -96,8 +96,14 @@ func initWhatsAppClient(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter) {
 	}
 	os.MkdirAll(storeDir, os.ModePerm)
 
-    container, err := sqlstore.New("sqlite", "file:"+filepath.Join(storeDir, "whatsapp.db")+"?_foreign_keys=on", waLog.Noop)	
-    if err != nil {
+    dbURL := "file:" + filepath.Join(storeDir, "whatsapp.db") + 
+    "?_pragma=foreign_keys(1)" +
+    "&_pragma=journal_mode(WAL)" +
+    "&_pragma=synchronous(NORMAL)" +
+    "&_pragma=busy_timeout(5000)"
+    
+container, err := sqlstore.New("sqlite", dbURL, waLog.Noop)  
+  if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}