diff --git a/.env.template b/.env.template
index 68c487f4..5ff34db7 100644
--- a/.env.template
+++ b/.env.template
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 ## For example, this can be used to run connection-scoped pragma statements.
 ##
 ## Statements to run when creating a new SQLite connection
-# SQLITE_CONN_INIT=""
+# SQLITE_CONN_INIT="PRAGMA busy_timeout = 5000; PRAGMA synchronous = NORMAL;"
 ## Statements to run when creating a new MySQL connection
 # MYSQL_CONN_INIT=""
 ## Statements to run when creating a new PostgreSQL connection
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index cd6dc138..eaabdf6b 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ make_config! {
         database_max_conns:     u32,    false,  def,    10;
 
         /// SQLite connection init |> Statements to run when creating a new SQLite connection
-        sqlite_conn_init:       String, false,  def,    "".to_string();
+        sqlite_conn_init:       String, false,  def,    "PRAGMA busy_timeout = 5000; PRAGMA synchronous = NORMAL;".to_string();
 
         /// MySQL connection init |> Statements to run when creating a new MySQL connection
         mysql_conn_init:        String, false,  def,    "".to_string();