diff --git a/docker-compose.sqlite.yaml b/docker-compose.sqlite.yaml
index 73c4418f2d..ab81cb464b 100644
--- a/docker-compose.sqlite.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.sqlite.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ services:
       SYNC_HOST: 0.0.0.0
       SYNC_MASTER_SECRET: secret0
       SYNC_SYNCSTORAGE__DATABASE_URL: sqlite:///data/syncdb.sqlite
+      SYNC_SYNCSTORAGE__DATABASE_POOL_MIN_IDLE: 0
       SYNC_TOKENSERVER__DATABASE_URL: sqlite:///data/tokenserverdb.sqlite
+      SYNC_TOKENSERVER__DATABASE_POOL_MIN_IDLE: 0
       SYNC_TOKENSERVER__RUN_MIGRATIONS: "true"
 
 volumes: