diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
index 990081a..9ca0424 100644
--- a/.htaccess
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -40,4 +40,6 @@ RedirectMatch 404 (.*)\.logs$
 RedirectMatch 404 (.*)\.posts$
 RedirectMatch 404 (.*)\.reports$
 RedirectMatch 404 (.*)\.tinyib.db$
+RedirectMatch 404 (.*)\.tinyib.db-wal$
+RedirectMatch 404 (.*)\.tinyib.db-shm$
 </IfModule>
diff --git a/inc/database/sqlite3_link.php b/inc/database/sqlite3_link.php
index 7fac5c7..c099260 100644
--- a/inc/database/sqlite3_link.php
+++ b/inc/database/sqlite3_link.php
@@ -12,8 +12,12 @@ if (!$db) {
 	fancyDie("Could not connect to database: " . $db->lastErrorMsg());
 }
 
+// Set lock timeout
 $db->busyTimeout(60000);
 
+// Set journal mode to write-ahead logging
+$db->exec("PRAGMA journal_mode = wal");
+
 // Create tables (when necessary)
 $result = $db->query("SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name='" . TINYIB_DBACCOUNTS . "'");
 if (!$result->fetchArray()) {
diff --git a/inc/database/sqlite_link.php b/inc/database/sqlite_link.php
index 51f5d70..4659323 100644
--- a/inc/database/sqlite_link.php
+++ b/inc/database/sqlite_link.php
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ if (!$db = sqlite_open(TINYIB_DBPATH, 0666, $error)) {
 	fancyDie("Could not connect to database: " . $error);
 }
 
+// Set lock timeout
+sqlite_busy_timeout($db, 60000);
+
+// Set journal mode to write-ahead logging
+sqlite_query($db, "PRAGMA journal_mode = wal");
+
 // Create tables (when necessary)
 $result = sqlite_query($db, "SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name='" . TINYIB_DBACCOUNTS . "'");
 if (sqlite_num_rows($result) == 0) {