diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/RepoUpdateManager.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/RepoUpdateManager.kt
index 1ee1a7608..2d7ae90ae 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/RepoUpdateManager.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/RepoUpdateManager.kt
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ class RepoUpdateManager @JvmOverloads constructor(
                     repoErrors.add(Pair(repo, result.e))
                 }
             }
+            db.getAppPrefsDao().walCheckpoint()
             fdroidPrefs.lastUpdateCheck = System.currentTimeMillis()
             if (repoErrors.isNotEmpty()) showRepoErrors(repoErrors)
             if (reposUpdated) {
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ class RepoUpdateManager @JvmOverloads constructor(
         } finally {
             notificationManager.cancelUpdateRepoNotification()
             _isUpdating.value = false
+            db.getAppPrefsDao().walCheckpoint()
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/libs/database/src/main/java/org/fdroid/database/AppPrefsDao.kt b/libs/database/src/main/java/org/fdroid/database/AppPrefsDao.kt
index d6eb2e357..9a7241bd1 100644
--- a/libs/database/src/main/java/org/fdroid/database/AppPrefsDao.kt
+++ b/libs/database/src/main/java/org/fdroid/database/AppPrefsDao.kt
@@ -8,10 +8,20 @@ import androidx.room.Insert
 import androidx.room.MapInfo
 import androidx.room.OnConflictStrategy.Companion.REPLACE
 import androidx.room.Query
+import androidx.room.RawQuery
+import androidx.sqlite.db.SimpleSQLiteQuery
+import androidx.sqlite.db.SupportSQLiteQuery
 
 public interface AppPrefsDao {
     public fun getAppPrefs(packageName: String): LiveData<AppPrefs>
     public fun update(appPrefs: AppPrefs)
+
+    /**
+     * Force a checkpoint on the SQLite WAL such that the file size gets reduced.
+     * Blocks until concurrent reads have finished.
+     * Useful to call after large inserts (repo update)
+     */
+    public fun walCheckpoint()
 }
 
 @Dao
@@ -48,4 +58,12 @@ internal interface AppPrefsDaoInt : AppPrefsDao {
 
     @Insert(onConflict = REPLACE)
     override fun update(appPrefs: AppPrefs)
+
+    override fun walCheckpoint() {
+        rawCheckpoint((SimpleSQLiteQuery("pragma wal_checkpoint(truncate)")))
+    }
+
+    @RawQuery
+    fun rawCheckpoint(supportSQLiteQuery: SupportSQLiteQuery): Int
+
 }