diff --git a/src/apps/relay/dbdrivers/dbd_sqlite.c b/src/apps/relay/dbdrivers/dbd_sqlite.c
index 06da7c1b..09e23224 100644
--- a/src/apps/relay/dbdrivers/dbd_sqlite.c
+++ b/src/apps/relay/dbdrivers/dbd_sqlite.c
@@ -45,11 +45,13 @@
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 static pthread_mutex_t rc_mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
+static pthread_mutex_t init_mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 static pthread_cond_t rc_cond = PTHREAD_COND_INITIALIZER;
 
 static int read_threads = 0;
 static int write_level = 0;
 static pthread_t write_thread = 0;
+static int sqlite_initialized = 0;
 
 static void sqlite_lock(int write)
 {
@@ -96,11 +98,12 @@ static void sqlite_unlock(int write)
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 static int sqlite_init_multithreaded(void) {
+	if (sqlite_initialized) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+	sqlite_initialized = 1;
 
 #if defined(SQLITE_CONFIG_MULTITHREAD)
-
-	sqlite3_shutdown();
-
 	if (sqlite3_threadsafe() > 0) {
 		int retCode = sqlite3_config(SQLITE_CONFIG_MULTITHREAD);
 		if (retCode != SQLITE_OK) {
@@ -110,6 +113,7 @@ static int sqlite_init_multithreaded(void) {
 				return -1;
 			}
 		}
+		sqlite3_initialize();
 	} else {
 		TURN_LOG_FUNC(TURN_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "Your SQLite database is not compiled to be threadsafe.\n");
 		return -1;
@@ -180,6 +184,8 @@ static sqlite3 * get_sqlite_connection(void) {
 
 	sqlite3 *sqliteconnection = (sqlite3 *)pthread_getspecific(connection_key);
 	if(!sqliteconnection) {
+		pthread_mutex_lock(&init_mutex);
+
 		fix_user_directory(pud->userdb);
 		sqlite_init_multithreaded();
 		int rc = sqlite3_open(pud->userdb, &sqliteconnection);
@@ -201,6 +207,8 @@ static sqlite3 * get_sqlite_connection(void) {
 		if(sqliteconnection) {
 			(void) pthread_setspecific(connection_key, sqliteconnection);
 		}
+
+		pthread_mutex_unlock(&init_mutex);
 	}
 	return sqliteconnection;
 }