diff --git a/Source/AppScaffolding/LibationScaffolding.cs b/Source/AppScaffolding/LibationScaffolding.cs
index 3e1d0696..b6ee8b1e 100644
--- a/Source/AppScaffolding/LibationScaffolding.cs
+++ b/Source/AppScaffolding/LibationScaffolding.cs
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ namespace AppScaffolding
 			{
 				config.LoadPersistentSettings(config.LibationFiles.SettingsFilePath);
 			}
+			DeleteOpenSqliteFiles(config);
 			AudibleApiStorage.EnsureAccountsSettingsFileExists();
 
 			//
@@ -102,6 +103,19 @@ namespace AppScaffolding
 			Migrations.migrate_to_v12_0_1(config);
 		}
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Delete shared memory and write-ahead log SQLite database files which may prevent access to the database.
+		/// </summary>
+		private static void DeleteOpenSqliteFiles(Configuration config)
+		{
+			var walFile = SqliteStorage.DatabasePath + "-wal";
+			var shmFile = SqliteStorage.DatabasePath + "-shm";
+			if (File.Exists(walFile))
+				FileManager.FileUtility.SaferDelete(walFile);
+			if (File.Exists(shmFile))
+				FileManager.FileUtility.SaferDelete(shmFile);
+		}
+
 		/// <summary>Initialize logging. Wire-up events. Run after migration</summary>
 		public static void RunPostMigrationScaffolding(Variety variety, Configuration config)
 		{
diff --git a/Source/LibationFileManager/SqliteStorage.cs b/Source/LibationFileManager/SqliteStorage.cs
index 88fae1f1..e324f9b2 100644
--- a/Source/LibationFileManager/SqliteStorage.cs
+++ b/Source/LibationFileManager/SqliteStorage.cs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ namespace LibationFileManager
 	public static class SqliteStorage
 	{
 		// not customizable. don't move to config
-		private static string databasePath => Path.Combine(Configuration.Instance.LibationFiles.Location, "LibationContext.db");
-		public static string ConnectionString => $"Data Source={databasePath};Foreign Keys=False;Pooling=False;";
+		public static string DatabasePath => Path.Combine(Configuration.Instance.LibationFiles.Location, "LibationContext.db");
+		public static string ConnectionString => $"Data Source={DatabasePath};Foreign Keys=False;Pooling=False;";
 	}
 }