diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/DB.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/DB.java
index e408efedf7..7e353ed92b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/DB.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/DB.java
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ public abstract class DB extends RoomDatabase {
         File dbfile = configuration.context.getDatabasePath(DB_NAME);
 
         SharedPreferences prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(configuration.context);
-        boolean sqlite_integrity_check = prefs.getBoolean("sqlite_integrity_check", true);
+        boolean sqlite_integrity_check = prefs.getBoolean("sqlite_integrity_check", false);
 
         // https://www.sqlite.org/pragma.html#pragma_integrity_check
         if (sqlite_integrity_check && dbfile.exists()) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentOptionsMisc.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentOptionsMisc.java
index aad849111b..083002631a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentOptionsMisc.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentOptionsMisc.java
@@ -2350,7 +2350,7 @@ public class FragmentOptionsMisc extends FragmentBase implements SharedPreferenc
             swTaskDescription.setChecked(prefs.getBoolean("task_description", true));
             swExternalStorage.setChecked(prefs.getBoolean("external_storage", false));
 
-            swIntegrity.setChecked(prefs.getBoolean("sqlite_integrity_check", true));
+            swIntegrity.setChecked(prefs.getBoolean("sqlite_integrity_check", false));
             swWal.setChecked(prefs.getBoolean("wal", true));
             swCheckpoints.setChecked(prefs.getBoolean("sqlite_checkpoints", true));
             swAnalyze.setChecked(prefs.getBoolean("sqlite_analyze", true));