diff --git a/komga/src/main/kotlin/org/gotson/komga/infrastructure/configuration/KomgaProperties.kt b/komga/src/main/kotlin/org/gotson/komga/infrastructure/configuration/KomgaProperties.kt
index 53fea8e35..d19768017 100644
--- a/komga/src/main/kotlin/org/gotson/komga/infrastructure/configuration/KomgaProperties.kt
+++ b/komga/src/main/kotlin/org/gotson/komga/infrastructure/configuration/KomgaProperties.kt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties
 import org.springframework.boot.convert.DurationUnit
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component
 import org.springframework.validation.annotation.Validated
-import org.sqlite.SQLiteConfig.TransactionMode
+import org.sqlite.SQLiteConfig.JournalMode
 import java.time.Duration
 import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit
 import javax.validation.constraints.NotBlank
@@ -75,7 +75,12 @@ class KomgaProperties {
     @get:Positive
     var maxPoolSize: Int = 8
 
-    var transactionMode: TransactionMode = TransactionMode.DEFERRED
+    var journalMode: JournalMode? = null
+
+    @DurationUnit(ChronoUnit.SECONDS)
+    var busyTimeout: Duration? = null
+
+    var pragmas: Map<String, String> = emptyMap()
   }
 
   class Lucene {
diff --git a/komga/src/main/kotlin/org/gotson/komga/infrastructure/datasource/DataSourcesConfiguration.kt b/komga/src/main/kotlin/org/gotson/komga/infrastructure/datasource/DataSourcesConfiguration.kt
index 2fe078bf0..b37d20fe1 100644
--- a/komga/src/main/kotlin/org/gotson/komga/infrastructure/datasource/DataSourcesConfiguration.kt
+++ b/komga/src/main/kotlin/org/gotson/komga/infrastructure/datasource/DataSourcesConfiguration.kt
@@ -18,14 +18,22 @@ class DataSourcesConfiguration(
   @Primary
   fun sqliteDataSource(): DataSource {
 
+    val extraPragmas = komgaProperties.database.pragmas.let {
+      if (it.isEmpty()) ""
+      else "?" + it.map { (key, value) -> "$key=$value" }.joinToString(separator = "&")
+    }
+
     val sqliteUdfDataSource = DataSourceBuilder.create()
       .driverClassName("org.sqlite.JDBC")
-      .url("jdbc:sqlite:${komgaProperties.database.file}")
+      .url("jdbc:sqlite:${komgaProperties.database.file}$extraPragmas")
       .type(SqliteUdfDataSource::class.java)
       .build()
 
     sqliteUdfDataSource.setEnforceForeignKeys(true)
-    sqliteUdfDataSource.setTransactionMode(komgaProperties.database.transactionMode.name)
+    with(komgaProperties.database) {
+      journalMode?.let { sqliteUdfDataSource.setJournalMode(it.name) }
+      busyTimeout?.let { sqliteUdfDataSource.config.busyTimeout = it.toMillis().toInt() }
+    }
 
     val poolSize =
       if (komgaProperties.database.file.contains(":memory:")) 1