diff --git a/applications/git/forgejo.nix b/applications/git/forgejo.nix
index 51f2869..cfe0a60 100644
--- a/applications/git/forgejo.nix
+++ b/applications/git/forgejo.nix
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@ in {
           REPO_INDEXER_ENABLED = true;
         };
 
+        database = {
+          SQLITE_JOURNAL_MODE = "WAL";
+        };
+
         # Allow for signing off merge requests
         #        "repository.signing" = {
         #          SIGNING_KEY = "5B2DED0FE9F8627A";