diff --git a/states/nextcloud/defaults.yaml b/states/nextcloud/defaults.yaml
index df584cf..2599d58 100644
--- a/states/nextcloud/defaults.yaml
+++ b/states/nextcloud/defaults.yaml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ nextcloud:
     redis:
       - host: localhost
         port: 6379
-    sqlite.journal_mode: 'DELETE'
+    sqlite.journal_mode: 'WAL'
     mysql.utf8mb4: false
     tempdirectory: '/tmp/nextcloudtemp'
     share_folder: '/'