diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 73ef8ca..a8cf95d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -114,3 +114,5 @@ node_modules
 .vscode
 package-lock.json
 yarn.lock
+/db.sqlite3-*
+
diff --git a/brutaldon/__init__.py b/brutaldon/__init__.py
index e69de29..b637806 100644
--- a/brutaldon/__init__.py
+++ b/brutaldon/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from django.db.backends.signals import connection_created
+def configure_sqlite_web_settings(sender, connection, **kwargs):
+    """Configure sqlite for web application use."""
+    if connection.vendor == 'sqlite':
+        cursor = connection.cursor()
+        cursor.execute('PRAGMA journal_mode = WAL;')
+        cursor.execute('PRAGMA synchronous = NORMAL;')
+        cursor.execute('PRAGMA journal_size_limit = 67108864; -- 64 megabytes')
+        cursor.execute('PRAGMA mmap_size = 134217728; -- 128 megabytes')
+        cursor.execute('PRAGMA cache_size = 2000; -- 2000 pages')
+        cursor.execute('PRAGMA busy_timeout = 5000;')
+
+connection_created.connect(configure_sqlite_web_settings)