diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/ConfigurationOptions.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/ConfigurationOptions.cs
index f0c2676279..f2743762e3 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/ConfigurationOptions.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/ConfigurationOptions.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations
             { FfmpegAnalyzeDurationKey, "200M" },
             { PlaylistsAllowDuplicatesKey, bool.FalseString },
             { BindToUnixSocketKey, bool.FalseString },
-            { SqliteCacheSizeKey, "20000" }
+            { SqliteCacheSizeKey, "20000" },
+            { SqliteDisableWalKey, bool.FalseString }
         };
     }
 }
diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/Data/BaseSqliteRepository.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/Data/BaseSqliteRepository.cs
index b1c99227c3..7ec980eb5e 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/Data/BaseSqliteRepository.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/Data/BaseSqliteRepository.cs
@@ -5,22 +5,27 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using Jellyfin.Extensions;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.Extensions;
 using Microsoft.Data.Sqlite;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
 namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Data
 {
     public abstract class BaseSqliteRepository : IDisposable
     {
+        private readonly IConfiguration _configuration;
         private bool _disposed = false;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="BaseSqliteRepository"/> class.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="logger">The logger.</param>
-        protected BaseSqliteRepository(ILogger<BaseSqliteRepository> logger)
+        /// <param name="configuration">The configuration.</param>
+        protected BaseSqliteRepository(ILogger<BaseSqliteRepository> logger, IConfiguration configuration)
         {
             Logger = logger;
+            _configuration = configuration;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -60,7 +65,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Data
         /// Gets the journal mode. <see href="https://www.sqlite.org/pragma.html#pragma_journal_mode" />.
         /// </summary>
         /// <value>The journal mode.</value>
-        protected virtual string JournalMode => "WAL";
+        protected virtual string JournalMode => _configuration.GetSqliteWalDisabled() ? "TRUNCATE" : "WAL";
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the journal size limit. <see href="https://www.sqlite.org/pragma.html#pragma_journal_size_limit" />.
diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/Data/SqliteItemRepository.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/Data/SqliteItemRepository.cs
index 34d753093d..676d3499ad 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/Data/SqliteItemRepository.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/Data/SqliteItemRepository.cs
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Data
             ILocalizationManager localization,
             IImageProcessor imageProcessor,
             IConfiguration configuration)
-            : base(logger)
+            : base(logger, configuration)
         {
             _config = config;
             _appHost = appHost;
diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/Data/SqliteUserDataRepository.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/Data/SqliteUserDataRepository.cs
index 20359e4ad7..f361e1a572 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/Data/SqliteUserDataRepository.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/Data/SqliteUserDataRepository.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Persistence;
 using Microsoft.Data.Sqlite;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
 namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Data
@@ -23,8 +24,9 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Data
         public SqliteUserDataRepository(
             ILogger<SqliteUserDataRepository> logger,
             IServerConfigurationManager config,
-            IUserManager userManager)
-            : base(logger)
+            IUserManager userManager,
+            IConfiguration configuration)
+            : base(logger, configuration)
         {
             _userManager = userManager;
 
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Extensions/ConfigurationExtensions.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Extensions/ConfigurationExtensions.cs
index 6c58064ce9..8041c254a7 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Extensions/ConfigurationExtensions.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Extensions/ConfigurationExtensions.cs
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Extensions
         /// </summary>
         public const string SqliteCacheSizeKey = "sqlite:cacheSize";
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Disable WAL journaling of sqlite.
+        /// </summary>
+        public const string SqliteDisableWalKey = "sqlite:disableWal";
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets a value indicating whether the application should host static web content from the <see cref="IConfiguration"/>.
         /// </summary>
@@ -128,5 +133,26 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Extensions
         /// <returns>The sqlite cache size.</returns>
         public static int? GetSqliteCacheSize(this IConfiguration configuration)
             => configuration.GetValue<int?>(SqliteCacheSizeKey);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets whether WAL journaling disabled from the <see cref="IConfiguration" />.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="configuration">The configuration to read the setting from.</param>
+        /// <returns>Whether WAL journaling disabled.</returns>
+        public static bool GetSqliteWalDisabled(this IConfiguration configuration)
+        {
+            var disableSqliteWal = configuration.GetValue<string?>(SqliteDisableWalKey);
+            var disableWal = false;
+            if (disableSqliteWal is not null)
+            {
+                disableWal = disableSqliteWal.ToUpperInvariant() switch
+                {
+                    "FALSE" or "NO" or "0" => false,
+                    _ => true
+                };
+            }
+
+            return disableWal;
+        }
     }
 }