diff --git a/ts/sql/Server.ts b/ts/sql/Server.ts
index 6b5442a6ae..165fdd7351 100644
--- a/ts/sql/Server.ts
+++ b/ts/sql/Server.ts
@@ -236,6 +236,9 @@ async function openDatabase(filePath: string): Promise<sql.Database> {
     };
 
     instance = new sql.Database(filePath, callback);
+
+    // See: https://github.com/mapbox/node-sqlite3/issues/1395
+    instance.serialize();
   });
 }