diff --git a/config/runtime.exs b/config/runtime.exs
index 27f4b13..f95a858 100644
--- a/config/runtime.exs
+++ b/config/runtime.exs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ if config_env() == :prod do
     database: database_path,
     pool_size: String.to_integer(System.get_env("POOL_SIZE") || "5"),
     journal_mode: :wal,
-    busy_timeout: 5000,
+    busy_timeout: 15_000,
     journal_size_limit: 67_108_864,
     default_transaction_mode: :immediate,
     custom_pragmas: [mmap_size: 134_217_728]
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@ if config_env() == :prod do
       tls: :if_available
   end
 
+  # On small machines (Fly shared-cpu-1x) running 2 concurrent image
+  # processing jobs saturates the CPU and causes SQLite locking.
+  # One job at a time with per-job parallelism is enough.
+  config :berrypod, Oban, queues: [default: 3, images: 1, sync: 1, checkout: 1, newsletter: 1]
+
   # Stripe and Printify keys are stored encrypted in the database and loaded
   # at runtime by Berrypod.Secrets. No env vars needed for those.
 end