diff --git a/crates/corro-agent/src/agent.rs b/crates/corro-agent/src/agent.rs
index 5585cad8..bfab7bbb 100644
--- a/crates/corro-agent/src/agent.rs
+++ b/crates/corro-agent/src/agent.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use std::{
-    collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet, HashMap, HashSet},
+    collections::{BTreeMap, HashMap, HashSet},
     convert::Infallible,
     net::SocketAddr,
     ops::RangeInclusive,
@@ -548,7 +548,6 @@ pub async fn run(agent: Agent, opts: AgentOptions) -> eyre::Result<()> {
             loop {
                 sleep(COMPACT_BOOKED_INTERVAL).await;
 
-                let tables = agent.schema().read().tables.keys().cloned().collect();
                 let to_check: Vec<ActorId> = { bookie.read().keys().copied().collect() };
 
                 for actor_id in to_check {
@@ -563,10 +562,19 @@ pub async fn run(agent: Agent, opts: AgentOptions) -> eyre::Result<()> {
                         continue;
                     }
 
-                    let res = block_in_place(|| {
+                    let mut conn = match pool.write_low().await {
+                        Ok(conn) => conn,
+                        Err(e) => {
+                            error!("could not acquire low priority write connection for compaction: {e}");
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                    };
+
+                    let res = block_in_place(move || {
+                        let mut bookedw = booked.write();
+
                         let to_clear = {
-                            let conn = pool.read_blocking()?;
-                            match compact_booked_for_actor(&conn, &tables, &versions) {
+                            match compact_booked_for_actor(&conn, &versions) {
                                 Ok(to_clear) => {
                                     if to_clear.is_empty() {
                                         return Ok(());
@@ -580,7 +588,6 @@ pub async fn run(agent: Agent, opts: AgentOptions) -> eyre::Result<()> {
                             }
                         };
 
-                        let mut conn = pool.blocking_write_low()?;
                         let tx = conn.transaction()?;
 
                         let deleted = tx
@@ -621,7 +628,6 @@ pub async fn run(agent: Agent, opts: AgentOptions) -> eyre::Result<()> {
 
                         info!("compacted in-db version state for actor {actor_id}, deleted: {deleted}, inserted: {inserted}");
 
-                        let mut bookedw = booked.write();
                         **bookedw.inner_mut() = new_copy;
                         info!("compacted in-memory cache by clearing {cleared_len} db versions for actor {actor_id}, new total: {}", bookedw.inner().len());
 
@@ -917,7 +923,6 @@ pub async fn handle_change(
 
 fn compact_booked_for_actor(
     conn: &Connection,
-    tables: &BTreeSet<String>,
     versions: &BTreeMap<i64, i64>,
 ) -> eyre::Result<HashSet<i64>> {
     // TODO: optimize that in a single query once cr-sqlite supports aggregation
@@ -930,10 +935,17 @@ fn compact_booked_for_actor(
         _ => return Ok(HashSet::new()),
     };
 
+    let tables = conn
+        .prepare_cached(
+            "SELECT name FROM sqlite_schema WHERE type = 'table' AND name LIKE '%__crsql_clock'",
+        )?
+        .query_map([], |row| row.get(0))?
+        .collect::<Result<Vec<String>, _>>()?;
+
     let still_live: HashSet<i64> = conn
         .prepare(&format!(
             "SELECT db_version FROM ({});",
-            tables.iter().map(|table| format!("SELECT DISTINCT(__crsql_db_version) AS db_version FROM {table}__crsql_clock WHERE db_version >= {first} AND db_version <= {last}")).collect::<Vec<_>>().join(" UNION ")
+            tables.iter().map(|table| format!("SELECT DISTINCT(__crsql_db_version) AS db_version FROM {table} WHERE db_version >= {first} AND db_version <= {last}")).collect::<Vec<_>>().join(" UNION ")
         ))?
         .query_map([],
             |row| row.get(0),
@@ -2433,11 +2445,7 @@ pub mod tests {
 
         assert_eq!(db_version, 2);
 
-        let diff = compact_booked_for_actor(
-            &conn,
-            &vec!["foo".to_string()].into_iter().collect(),
-            &vec![(1, 1)].into_iter().collect(),
-        )?;
+        let diff = compact_booked_for_actor(&conn, &vec![(1, 1)].into_iter().collect())?;
 
         assert!(diff.contains(&1));
         assert!(!diff.contains(&2));