diff --git a/submodules/Postbox/Sources/SqliteValueBox.swift b/submodules/Postbox/Sources/SqliteValueBox.swift
index 177517a796..0ae732a92a 100644
--- a/submodules/Postbox/Sources/SqliteValueBox.swift
+++ b/submodules/Postbox/Sources/SqliteValueBox.swift
@@ -298,6 +298,8 @@ public final class SqliteValueBox: ValueBox {
             preconditionFailure("Couldn't open database")
         }
         
+        sqlite3_busy_timeout(database.handle, 1000 * 10000)
+        
         var resultCode: Bool = true
         
         resultCode = database.execute("PRAGMA cipher_plaintext_header_size=32")
@@ -408,8 +410,6 @@ public final class SqliteValueBox: ValueBox {
             }
         }
         
-        sqlite3_busy_timeout(database.handle, 1000 * 10000)
-        
         //database.execute("PRAGMA cache_size=-2097152")
         resultCode = database.execute("PRAGMA mmap_size=0")
         assert(resultCode)