diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bc56db03..030c9bd3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ usage can be tuned via the optional `db-config` section in config.json under
       "soft-heap-limit-mb": 16384,
       "max-open-connections": 4,
       "max-idle-connections": 4,
-      "max-idle-time-minutes": 10
+      "max-idle-time-minutes": 10,
+      "busy-timeout-ms": 60000
     }
   }
 }
@@ -166,6 +167,7 @@ are used.
 | `max-open-connections`  | 4       | Maximum number of open database connections.                                                                                                                                            |
 | `max-idle-connections`  | 4       | Maximum number of idle database connections kept in the pool.                                                                                                                           |
 | `max-idle-time-minutes` | 10      | Maximum time in minutes a connection can sit idle before being closed.                                                                                                                  |
+| `busy-timeout-ms`       | 60000   | SQLite busy timeout in milliseconds. When a write is blocked by another writer, SQLite retries internally with backoff for up to this duration before returning `SQLITE_BUSY`.          |
 
 ### Sizing Guidelines
 
diff --git a/cmd/cc-backend/main.go b/cmd/cc-backend/main.go
index 9e1ea8aa..12faeae5 100644
--- a/cmd/cc-backend/main.go
+++ b/cmd/cc-backend/main.go
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ func initDatabase() error {
 		if dc.ConnectionMaxIdleTimeMins > 0 {
 			cfg.ConnectionMaxIdleTime = time.Duration(dc.ConnectionMaxIdleTimeMins) * time.Minute
 		}
+		if dc.BusyTimeoutMs > 0 {
+			cfg.BusyTimeoutMs = dc.BusyTimeoutMs
+		}
 		repository.SetConfig(cfg)
 	}
 	repository.Connect(config.Keys.DB)
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index e04d0a72..517c920e 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ type DbConfig struct {
 	MaxOpenConnections        int `json:"max-open-connections"`
 	MaxIdleConnections        int `json:"max-idle-connections"`
 	ConnectionMaxIdleTimeMins int `json:"max-idle-time-minutes"`
+	BusyTimeoutMs             int `json:"busy-timeout-ms"`
 }
 
 type NodeStateRetention struct {
diff --git a/internal/config/schema.go b/internal/config/schema.go
index 64d9bcf8..26eacab9 100644
--- a/internal/config/schema.go
+++ b/internal/config/schema.go
@@ -201,6 +201,10 @@ var configSchema = `
         "max-idle-time-minutes": {
           "description": "Maximum idle time for a connection in minutes (default: 10).",
           "type": "integer"
+        },
+        "busy-timeout-ms": {
+          "description": "SQLite busy timeout in milliseconds. When a write is blocked, SQLite retries with backoff for up to this duration before returning SQLITE_BUSY (default: 60000).",
+          "type": "integer"
         }
       }
     }