diff --git a/app/database/db.py b/app/database/db.py
index 1de8b80ed..2a79f7df0 100644
--- a/app/database/db.py
+++ b/app/database/db.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ try:
     from alembic.config import Config
     from alembic.runtime.migration import MigrationContext
     from alembic.script import ScriptDirectory
-    from sqlalchemy import create_engine
+    from sqlalchemy import create_engine, event
     from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
 
     _DB_AVAILABLE = True
@@ -75,6 +75,13 @@ def init_db():
 
     # Check if we need to upgrade
     engine = create_engine(db_url)
+
+    # Enable foreign key enforcement for SQLite
+    @event.listens_for(engine, "connect")
+    def set_sqlite_pragma(dbapi_connection, connection_record):
+        cursor = dbapi_connection.cursor()
+        cursor.execute("PRAGMA foreign_keys=ON")
+        cursor.close()
     conn = engine.connect()
 
     context = MigrationContext.configure(conn)