diff --git a/common/db.js b/common/db.js
index 0f608fbd00d8cc0d4b2ee7e601aa76000732832b..07f555d692613f1a8895af7caf0978f77fed6079 100644
--- a/common/db.js
+++ b/common/db.js
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ class KaraDatabase {
     constructor() {
         this.m_karaPath = config.content.database.path;
         this.m_db = new sqlite3.Database(this.m_karaPath);
+        this.m_db.configure("busyTimeout", 50000)
         logger.info('db', 'Create database from file ' + config.content.database.path);
     }