diff --git a/internal/manager/config/defaults.go b/internal/manager/config/defaults.go
index d6182169..896edc04 100644
--- a/internal/manager/config/defaults.go
+++ b/internal/manager/config/defaults.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ var defaultConfig = Conf{
 		Listen:      ":8080",
 		// ListenHTTPS:   ":8433",
 		DatabaseDSN:             "flamenco-manager.sqlite",
-		DBIntegrityCheck:        1 * time.Hour,
+		DBIntegrityCheck:        10 * time.Minute,
 		SSDPDiscovery:           true,
 		LocalManagerStoragePath: "./flamenco-manager-storage",
 		SharedStoragePath:       "", // Empty string means "first run", and should trigger the config setup assistant.
diff --git a/internal/manager/persistence/integrity.go b/internal/manager/persistence/integrity.go
index dad10501..3ccdf44c 100644
--- a/internal/manager/persistence/integrity.go
+++ b/internal/manager/persistence/integrity.go
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ func (db *DB) performIntegrityCheck(ctx context.Context) (ok bool) {
 
 	log.Debug().Msg("database: performing integrity check")
 
+	db.ensureForeignKeysEnabled()
+
 	if !db.pragmaIntegrityCheck(checkCtx) {
 		return false
 	}
@@ -159,3 +161,29 @@ func (db *DB) pragmaForeignKeyCheck(ctx context.Context) (ok bool) {
 
 	return false
 }
+
+// ensureForeignKeysEnabled checks whether foreign keys are enabled, and if not,
+// tries to enable them.
+//
+// This is likely caused by either GORM or its embedded SQLite creating a new
+// connection to the low-level SQLite driver. Unfortunately the GORM-embedded
+// SQLite doesn't have an 'on-connect' callback function to always enable
+// foreign keys.
+func (db *DB) ensureForeignKeysEnabled() {
+	fkEnabled, err := db.areForeignKeysEnabled()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error().AnErr("cause", err).Msg("database: could not check whether foreign keys are enabled")
+		return
+	}
+
+	if fkEnabled {
+		return
+	}
+
+	log.Warn().Msg("database: foreign keys are disabled, re-enabling them")
+	if err := db.pragmaForeignKeys(true); err != nil {
+		log.Error().AnErr("cause", err).Msg("database: error re-enabling foreign keys")
+		return
+	}
+}