diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0fd257e..457db5f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,15 +3,14 @@ module github.com/aceberg/WatchYourLAN
 go 1.24.5
 
 require (
+	github.com/aceberg/gorm-sqlite v0.0.0-20250723202739-1dbc05378285
 	github.com/containrrr/shoutrrr v0.8.0
 	github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.10.1
 	github.com/influxdata/influxdb-client-go/v2 v2.14.0
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.22.0
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.20.1
 	gorm.io/driver/postgres v1.6.0
-	gorm.io/driver/sqlite v1.6.0
 	gorm.io/gorm v1.30.0
-	modernc.org/sqlite v1.38.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -45,7 +44,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/leodido/go-urn v1.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
-	github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.22 // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
@@ -78,4 +76,5 @@ require (
 	modernc.org/libc v1.65.10 // indirect
 	modernc.org/mathutil v1.7.1 // indirect
 	modernc.org/memory v1.11.0 // indirect
+	modernc.org/sqlite v1.38.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index eb3e4d6..bcc73d9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 github.com/RaveNoX/go-jsoncommentstrip v1.0.0/go.mod h1:78ihd09MekBnJnxpICcwzCMzGrKSKYe4AqU6PDYYpjk=
+github.com/aceberg/gorm-sqlite v0.0.0-20250723202739-1dbc05378285 h1:svuY2NUI8ipveiNvy65cbzgAFUbRDuMrahQo5QUN6s8=
+github.com/aceberg/gorm-sqlite v0.0.0-20250723202739-1dbc05378285/go.mod h1:3g//0BOzaOv9dO8G9j7JZOJA6qIURpPaht9oDY7LKpA=
 github.com/apapsch/go-jsonmerge/v2 v2.0.0 h1:axGnT1gRIfimI7gJifB699GoE/oq+F2MU7Dml6nw9rQ=
 github.com/apapsch/go-jsonmerge/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:lvDnEdqiQrp0O42VQGgmlKpxL1AP2+08jFMw88y4klk=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 h1:VlbKKnNfV8bJzeqoa4cOKqO6bYr3WgKZxO8Z16+hsOM=
@@ -98,8 +100,6 @@ github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13/go.mod h1:7S9/ev0klgBDR4GtXTXX8a3vIGJpMovk
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.16/go.mod h1:kYGgaQfpe5nmfYZH+SKPsOc2e4SrIfOl2e/yFXSvRLM=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 h1:xfD0iDuEKnDkl03q4limB+vH+GxLEtL/jb4xVJSWWEY=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20/go.mod h1:W+V8PltTTMOvKvAeJH7IuucS94S2C6jfK/D7dTCTo3Y=
-github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.22 h1:2gZY6PC6kBnID23Tichd1K+Z0oS6nE/XwU+Vz/5o4kU=
-github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.22/go.mod h1:Uh1q+B4BYcTPb+yiD3kU8Ct7aC0hY9fxUwlHK0RXw+Y=
 github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180228061459-e0a39a4cb421/go.mod h1:6dJC0mAP4ikYIbvyc7fijjWJddQyLn8Ig3JB5CqoB9Q=
 github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd h1:TRLaZ9cD/w8PVh93nsPXa1VrQ6jlwL5oN8l14QlcNfg=
 github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd/go.mod h1:6dJC0mAP4ikYIbvyc7fijjWJddQyLn8Ig3JB5CqoB9Q=
@@ -196,8 +196,6 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gorm.io/driver/postgres v1.6.0 h1:2dxzU8xJ+ivvqTRph34QX+WrRaJlmfyPqXmoGVjMBa4=
 gorm.io/driver/postgres v1.6.0/go.mod h1:vUw0mrGgrTK+uPHEhAdV4sfFELrByKVGnaVRkXDhtWo=
-gorm.io/driver/sqlite v1.6.0 h1:WHRRrIiulaPiPFmDcod6prc4l2VGVWHz80KspNsxSfQ=
-gorm.io/driver/sqlite v1.6.0/go.mod h1:AO9V1qIQddBESngQUKWL9yoH93HIeA1X6V633rBwyT8=
 gorm.io/gorm v1.30.0 h1:qbT5aPv1UH8gI99OsRlvDToLxW5zR7FzS9acZDOZcgs=
 gorm.io/gorm v1.30.0/go.mod h1:8Z33v652h4//uMA76KjeDH8mJXPm1QNCYrMeatR0DOE=
 modernc.org/cc/v4 v4.26.1 h1:+X5NtzVBn0KgsBCBe+xkDC7twLb/jNVj9FPgiwSQO3s=
diff --git a/internal/gdb/start.go b/internal/gdb/start.go
index 99d80bf..bec6af9 100644
--- a/internal/gdb/start.go
+++ b/internal/gdb/start.go
@@ -6,14 +6,12 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"time"
 
+	sqlite "github.com/aceberg/gorm-sqlite"
+
 	"gorm.io/driver/postgres"
-	"gorm.io/driver/sqlite"
 	"gorm.io/gorm"
 	"gorm.io/gorm/logger"
 
-	// import SQLite
-	_ "modernc.org/sqlite"
-
 	"github.com/aceberg/WatchYourLAN/internal/check"
 	"github.com/aceberg/WatchYourLAN/internal/conf"
 	"github.com/aceberg/WatchYourLAN/internal/models"
@@ -54,6 +52,12 @@ func Start() {
 
 		db, err = gorm.Open(sqlite.Open(conf.AppConfig.DBPath), gormConf)
 		check.IfError(err)
+
+		db.Exec("PRAGMA journal_mode = wal;")
+		db.Exec("PRAGMA busy_timeout = 5000;")
+		// sqlDB, _ := db.DB()
+		// sqlDB.SetMaxOpenConns(1) // only one writer at a time
+		// sqlDB.SetMaxIdleConns(1)
 	}
 
 	// Migrate the schema