diff --git a/Caches/SQLiteCache/SQLiteCache.cs b/Caches/SQLiteCache/SQLiteCache.cs
index 233cccc0..84778911 100644
--- a/Caches/SQLiteCache/SQLiteCache.cs
+++ b/Caches/SQLiteCache/SQLiteCache.cs
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ namespace MapControl.Caching
             connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + Path.GetFullPath(path));
             connection.Open();
 
+            using (var command = new SQLiteCommand("PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL", connection))
+            {
+                command.ExecuteNonQuery();
+            }
+
             using (var command = new SQLiteCommand("create table if not exists items (key text primary key, expiration integer, buffer blob)", connection))
             {
                 command.ExecuteNonQuery();