diff --git a/src/ui/3rdparty/sqlite/sqlitedb.cpp b/src/ui/3rdparty/sqlite/sqlitedb.cpp
index e0268934..d3692bc3 100644
--- a/src/ui/3rdparty/sqlite/sqlitedb.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/3rdparty/sqlite/sqlitedb.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ namespace {
 
 const QLoggingCategory LC("db");
 
+constexpr int DATABASE_BUSY_TIMEOUT = 2000; // 2 seconds
+
 const char *const defaultSqlPragmas = "PRAGMA journal_mode = WAL;"
                                       "PRAGMA locking_mode = NORMAL;"
                                       "PRAGMA synchronous = NORMAL;"
@@ -333,6 +335,8 @@ QStringList SqliteDb::columnNames(const QString &tableName, const QString &schem
 
 bool SqliteDb::migrate(MigrateOptions &opt)
 {
+    setBusyTimeoutMs(DATABASE_BUSY_TIMEOUT);
+
     if (!opt.sqlPragmas) {
         opt.sqlPragmas = defaultSqlPragmas;
     }
diff --git a/src/ui/stat/statblockmanager.cpp b/src/ui/stat/statblockmanager.cpp
index 07ac3493..076ea663 100644
--- a/src/ui/stat/statblockmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/stat/statblockmanager.cpp
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ const QLoggingCategory LC("statBlock");
 
 constexpr int DATABASE_USER_VERSION = 7;
 
-constexpr int DATABASE_BUSY_TIMEOUT = 3000; // 3 seconds
-
 bool migrateFunc(SqliteDb *db, int version, bool isNewDb, void *ctx)
 {
     Q_UNUSED(ctx);
@@ -191,12 +189,8 @@ bool StatBlockManager::setupDb()
                            << roSqliteDb()->errorMessage();
             return false;
         }
-
-        roSqliteDb()->setBusyTimeoutMs(DATABASE_BUSY_TIMEOUT);
     }
 
-    sqliteDb()->setBusyTimeoutMs(DATABASE_BUSY_TIMEOUT);
-
     return true;
 }