diff --git a/pkg/services/sqlstore/sqlstore.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/sqlstore.go
index a2106ddbffd..75454b9d4d2 100644
--- a/pkg/services/sqlstore/sqlstore.go
+++ b/pkg/services/sqlstore/sqlstore.go
@@ -198,6 +198,9 @@ func LoadConfig() {
 
 	if DbCfg.Type == "sqlite3" {
 		UseSQLite3 = true
+		// only allow one connection as sqlite3 has multi threading issues that casue table locks
+		DbCfg.MaxIdleConn = 1
+		DbCfg.MaxOpenConn = 1
 	}
 	DbCfg.SslMode = sec.Key("ssl_mode").String()
 	DbCfg.CaCertPath = sec.Key("ca_cert_path").String()