diff --git a/mobile/lib/infrastructure/repositories/db.repository.dart b/mobile/lib/infrastructure/repositories/db.repository.dart
index fd5d03a8e5..2499a08a36 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/infrastructure/repositories/db.repository.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/infrastructure/repositories/db.repository.dart
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import 'dart:async';
+import 'dart:io';
 
 import 'package:drift/drift.dart';
-import 'package:drift_flutter/drift_flutter.dart';
+import 'package:drift_sqlite_async/drift_sqlite_async.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
 import 'package:immich_mobile/infrastructure/entities/asset_edit.entity.dart';
 import 'package:immich_mobile/infrastructure/entities/asset_face.entity.dart';
@@ -13,7 +14,6 @@ import 'package:immich_mobile/infrastructure/entities/local_asset.entity.dart';
 import 'package:immich_mobile/infrastructure/entities/local_asset.entity.drift.dart';
 import 'package:immich_mobile/infrastructure/entities/memory.entity.dart';
 import 'package:immich_mobile/infrastructure/entities/memory_asset.entity.dart';
-import 'package:immich_mobile/infrastructure/entities/settings.entity.dart';
 import 'package:immich_mobile/infrastructure/entities/partner.entity.dart';
 import 'package:immich_mobile/infrastructure/entities/person.entity.dart';
 import 'package:immich_mobile/infrastructure/entities/remote_album.entity.dart';
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import 'package:immich_mobile/infrastructure/entities/remote_album_user.entity.d
 import 'package:immich_mobile/infrastructure/entities/remote_asset.entity.dart';
 import 'package:immich_mobile/infrastructure/entities/remote_asset.entity.drift.dart';
 import 'package:immich_mobile/infrastructure/entities/remote_asset_cloud_id.entity.dart';
+import 'package:immich_mobile/infrastructure/entities/settings.entity.dart';
 import 'package:immich_mobile/infrastructure/entities/stack.entity.dart';
 import 'package:immich_mobile/infrastructure/entities/store.entity.dart';
 import 'package:immich_mobile/infrastructure/entities/trashed_local_asset.entity.dart';
@@ -31,6 +32,11 @@ import 'package:immich_mobile/infrastructure/entities/user_metadata.entity.dart'
 import 'package:immich_mobile/infrastructure/repositories/db.repository.drift.dart';
 import 'package:immich_mobile/infrastructure/repositories/db.repository.steps.dart';
 import 'package:logging/logging.dart';
+import 'package:path/path.dart' as p;
+import 'package:path_provider/path_provider.dart';
+import 'package:sqlite3/sqlite3.dart';
+import 'package:sqlite_async/native.dart';
+import 'package:sqlite_async/sqlite_async.dart';
 
 @DriftDatabase(
   tables: [
@@ -60,8 +66,9 @@ import 'package:logging/logging.dart';
   include: {'package:immich_mobile/infrastructure/entities/merged_asset.drift'},
 )
 class Drift extends $Drift {
-  Drift([QueryExecutor? executor])
-    : super(executor ?? driftDatabase(name: 'immich', native: const DriftNativeOptions(shareAcrossIsolates: true)));
+  Drift(super.executor);
+
+  Drift.sqlite(SqliteConnection db) : super(SqliteAsyncDriftConnection(db));
 
   Future<void> reset() async {
     // https://github.com/simolus3/drift/commit/bd80a46264b6dd833ef4fd87fffc03f5a832ab41#diff-3f879e03b4a35779344ef16170b9353608dd9c42385f5402ec6035aac4dd8a04R76-R94
@@ -311,3 +318,41 @@ class DriftDatabaseRepository {
 
   Future<T> transaction<T>(Future<T> Function() callback) => _db.transaction(callback);
 }
+
+Future<SqliteConnection> openSqliteConnection({required String name}) async {
+  final dbFolder = await getApplicationDocumentsDirectory();
+  final file = File(p.join(dbFolder.path, '$name.sqlite'));
+  return SqliteDatabase.withFactory(
+    _ImmichSqliteOpenFactory(
+      path: file.path,
+      sqliteOptions: const SqliteOptions(
+        journalMode: SqliteJournalMode.wal, // PRAGMA journal_mode (writer only)
+        synchronous: SqliteSynchronous.normal, // PRAGMA synchronous
+        lockTimeout: Duration(seconds: 30), // -> PRAGMA busy_timeout = 30000
+      ),
+    ),
+  );
+}
+
+final class _ImmichSqliteOpenFactory extends NativeSqliteOpenFactory {
+  _ImmichSqliteOpenFactory({required super.path, super.sqliteOptions});
+
+  @override
+  List<String> pragmaStatements(SqliteOpenOptions options) {
+    return [
+      ...super.pragmaStatements(options),
+      'PRAGMA cache_size = -32000', // 32MB
+      'PRAGMA temp_store = MEMORY',
+      'PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON',
+    ];
+  }
+}
+
+Future<void> configureSqliteCache() async {
+  // Make sqlite3 pick a more suitable location for temporary files - the
+  // one from the system may be inaccessible due to sand-boxing.
+  final cacheBase = (await getTemporaryDirectory()).path;
+  // We can't access /tmp on Android, which sqlite3 would try by default.
+  // Explicitly tell it about the correct temporary directory.
+  sqlite3.tempDirectory = cacheBase;
+}
diff --git a/mobile/lib/infrastructure/repositories/logger_db.repository.dart b/mobile/lib/infrastructure/repositories/logger_db.repository.dart
index d11174356d..32af4af748 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/infrastructure/repositories/logger_db.repository.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/infrastructure/repositories/logger_db.repository.dart
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 import 'package:drift/drift.dart';
-import 'package:drift_flutter/drift_flutter.dart';
+import 'package:drift_sqlite_async/drift_sqlite_async.dart';
 import 'package:immich_mobile/infrastructure/entities/log.entity.dart';
 import 'package:immich_mobile/infrastructure/repositories/logger_db.repository.drift.dart';
+import 'package:sqlite_async/sqlite_async.dart';
 
 @DriftDatabase(tables: [LogMessageEntity])
 class DriftLogger extends $DriftLogger {
-  DriftLogger([QueryExecutor? executor])
-    : super(
-        executor ?? driftDatabase(name: 'immich_logs', native: const DriftNativeOptions(shareAcrossIsolates: true)),
-      );
+  DriftLogger.fromExecutor(super.executor);
+
+  DriftLogger.sqlite(SqliteConnection db) : super(SqliteAsyncDriftConnection(db));
 
   @override
   int get schemaVersion => 1;
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ class DriftLogger extends $DriftLogger {
       await customStatement('PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON');
       await customStatement('PRAGMA synchronous = NORMAL');
       await customStatement('PRAGMA journal_mode = WAL');
-      await customStatement('PRAGMA busy_timeout = 500');
+      await customStatement('PRAGMA busy_timeout = 30000'); // 30s
+      await customStatement('PRAGMA cache_size = -32000'); // 32MB
       await customStatement('PRAGMA temp_store = MEMORY');
     },
   );
diff --git a/mobile/lib/utils/bootstrap.dart b/mobile/lib/utils/bootstrap.dart
index 9bd652381a..1c27d7ea93 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/utils/bootstrap.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/utils/bootstrap.dart
@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@ void configureFileDownloaderNotifications() {
 
 abstract final class Bootstrap {
   static Future<(Drift, DriftLogger)> initDomain({bool listenStoreUpdates = true, bool shouldBufferLogs = true}) async {
-    final drift = Drift();
-    final logDb = DriftLogger();
+    await configureSqliteCache();
+    final drift = Drift.sqlite(await openSqliteConnection(name: 'immich'));
+    final logDb = DriftLogger.sqlite(await openSqliteConnection(name: 'immich_logs'));
     final DriftStoreRepository storeRepo = DriftStoreRepository(drift);
 
     await StoreService.init(storeRepository: storeRepo, listenUpdates: listenStoreUpdates);
diff --git a/mobile/pubspec.lock b/mobile/pubspec.lock
index 72bdc6b298..9323cedf11 100644
--- a/mobile/pubspec.lock
+++ b/mobile/pubspec.lock
@@ -370,14 +370,14 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "2.33.0"
-  drift_flutter:
+  drift_sqlite_async:
     dependency: "direct main"
     description:
-      name: drift_flutter
-      sha256: "887fdec622174dc7eaefd0048403e34ee07cc18626ac8a7544cc3b8a4a172166"
+      name: drift_sqlite_async
+      sha256: "28c666847ecbc2e90dbcf8e8c2eecbf847a38af7e6480efc08f3a3c39e060f8d"
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "0.3.0"
+    version: "0.3.1"
   dynamic_color:
     dependency: "direct main"
     description:
@@ -1627,30 +1627,38 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "1.10.2"
-  sqlcipher_flutter_libs:
-    dependency: transitive
-    description:
-      name: sqlcipher_flutter_libs
-      sha256: "38d62d659d2fb8739bf25a42c9a350d1fdd6c29a5a61f13a946778ec75d27929"
-      url: "https://pub.dev"
-    source: hosted
-    version: "0.7.0+eol"
   sqlite3:
-    dependency: transitive
+    dependency: "direct main"
     description:
       name: sqlite3
-      sha256: "56da3e13ed7d28a66f930aa2b2b29db6736a233f08283326e96321dd812030f5"
+      sha256: "9488c7d2cdb1091c91cacf7e207cff81b28bff8e366f042bad3afe7d34afe189"
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "3.3.1"
-  sqlite3_flutter_libs:
+    version: "3.3.2"
+  sqlite3_connection_pool:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
-      name: sqlite3_flutter_libs
-      sha256: "3ed7553eee7bb368f8950f58ba29f634e06e813c029aff6a0d60862b96de8454"
+      name: sqlite3_connection_pool
+      sha256: "9d2b3b398b03c96743fd071521fc665be73c33c9cd5c56d87196baff8d8b4398"
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "0.6.0+eol"
+    version: "0.2.6"
+  sqlite3_web:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: sqlite3_web
+      sha256: fab6f6921f8fc3f703536c018d709ccb4ad5654d92f53e9b206c222f77c50021
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "0.8.1"
+  sqlite_async:
+    dependency: "direct main"
+    description:
+      name: sqlite_async
+      sha256: e3e486e536253e17260c52b6f824b749adff3f1fed878d4abe629796b858290b
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "0.14.2"
   sqlparser:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
diff --git a/mobile/pubspec.yaml b/mobile/pubspec.yaml
index 206f9ac2b3..67b9f2a17e 100644
--- a/mobile/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/mobile/pubspec.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ dependencies:
   crypto: ^3.0.7
   device_info_plus: ^12.4.0
   drift: ^2.32.1
-  drift_flutter: ^0.3.0
+  drift_sqlite_async: 0.3.1
   dynamic_color: ^1.8.1
   easy_localization: ^3.0.8
   ffi: ^2.2.0
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ dependencies:
   share_plus: ^10.1.4
   sliver_tools: ^0.2.12
   stream_transform: ^2.1.1
+  sqlite3: ^3.3.2
+  sqlite_async: 0.14.2
   thumbhash: 0.1.0+1
   timezone: ^0.9.4
   url_launcher: ^6.3.2