diff --git a/src/common/impl/settings.c b/src/common/impl/settings.c
index e7d246b12..1e1d05f35 100644
--- a/src/common/impl/settings.c
+++ b/src/common/impl/settings.c
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ int ffSettingsGetSQLite3Int(const char* dbPath, const char* query) {
     }
 
     sqlite3* db;
-    if (data->ffsqlite3_open_v2(dbPath, &db, SQLITE_OPEN_READONLY, NULL) != SQLITE_OK) {
+    if (data->ffsqlite3_open_v2(dbPath, &db, SQLITE_OPEN_READONLY | SQLITE_OPEN_NOMUTEX, NULL) != SQLITE_OK) {
         return 0;
     }