diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibraryview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibraryview.cpp
index b7f89ec96e9..8d005abaaa5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibraryview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibraryview.cpp
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ class ImageCacheData
 {
 public:
     Sqlite::Database database{Utils::PathString{
-        Core::ICore::cacheResourcePath("imagecache-v2.db").toString()}};
+                                  Core::ICore::cacheResourcePath("imagecache-v2.db").toString()},
+                              Sqlite::JournalMode::Wal,
+                              Sqlite::LockingMode::Normal};
     ImageCacheStorage<Sqlite::Database> storage{database};
     ImageCacheConnectionManager connectionManager;
     ImageCacheCollector collector{connectionManager};