diff --git a/src/core/storage/sql/SqlKVRepository.ts b/src/core/storage/sql/SqlKVRepository.ts
index c378f98c..02a0b313 100644
--- a/src/core/storage/sql/SqlKVRepository.ts
+++ b/src/core/storage/sql/SqlKVRepository.ts
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export class SqlKVRepository<Entity> {
     }
   }
 
-  private async upsertBatch(entities: Entity[]): Promise<void> {
+  protected async upsertBatch(entities: Entity[]): Promise<void> {
     const all = entities.map((entity) => this.dump(entity));
     // make it unique by .id
     const data = lodash.uniqBy(all, (d: any) => d.id);
diff --git a/src/core/storage/sqlite3/Sqlite3KVRepository.ts b/src/core/storage/sqlite3/Sqlite3KVRepository.ts
index 27150a18..f06667d3 100644
--- a/src/core/storage/sqlite3/Sqlite3KVRepository.ts
+++ b/src/core/storage/sqlite3/Sqlite3KVRepository.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { SqlKVRepository } from '@waha/core/storage/sql/SqlKVRepository';
 import { Sqlite3Engine } from '@waha/core/storage/sqlite3/Sqlite3Engine';
 import { Sqlite3JsonQuery } from '@waha/core/storage/sqlite3/Sqlite3JsonQuery';
+import { sleep } from '@waha/utils/promiseTimeout';
 import { Database } from 'better-sqlite3';
 import Knex from 'knex';
 
@@ -18,4 +19,12 @@ export class Sqlite3KVRepository<Entity> extends SqlKVRepository<Entity> {
     super(engine, knex);
     this.db = db;
   }
+
+  protected async upsertBatch(entities: Entity[]): Promise<void> {
+    await super.upsertBatch(entities);
+    // Give some time to the Node.js loop because we're using sync better-sqlite
+    if (entities.length >= this.UPSERT_BATCH_SIZE) {
+      await sleep(1);
+    }
+  }
 }