diff --git a/conf/configuration.go b/conf/configuration.go
index 58ba2c5f9..498a28955 100644
--- a/conf/configuration.go
+++ b/conf/configuration.go
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ type configOptions struct {
 	DevEnablePluginsInsights         bool
 	DevPluginCompilationTimeout      time.Duration
 	DevExternalArtistFetchMultiplier float64
+	DevOptimizeDB                    bool
 }
 
 type scannerOptions struct {
@@ -438,7 +439,7 @@ func validatePurgeMissingOption() error {
 		}
 	}
 	if !valid {
-		err := fmt.Errorf("Invalid Scanner.PurgeMissing value: '%s'. Must be one of: %v", Server.Scanner.PurgeMissing, allowedValues)
+		err := fmt.Errorf("invalid Scanner.PurgeMissing value: '%s'. Must be one of: %v", Server.Scanner.PurgeMissing, allowedValues)
 		log.Error(err.Error())
 		Server.Scanner.PurgeMissing = consts.PurgeMissingNever
 		return err
@@ -630,6 +631,7 @@ func setViperDefaults() {
 	viper.SetDefault("devenablepluginsinsights", true)
 	viper.SetDefault("devplugincompilationtimeout", time.Minute)
 	viper.SetDefault("devexternalartistfetchmultiplier", 1.5)
+	viper.SetDefault("devoptimizedb", true)
 }
 
 func init() {
diff --git a/db/db.go b/db/db.go
index cb1ebd9e3..71bc082b2 100644
--- a/db/db.go
+++ b/db/db.go
@@ -45,10 +45,12 @@ func Db() *sql.DB {
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal("Error opening database", err)
 		}
-		_, err = db.Exec("PRAGMA optimize=0x10002")
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Error("Error applying PRAGMA optimize", err)
-			return nil
+		if conf.Server.DevOptimizeDB {
+			_, err = db.Exec("PRAGMA optimize=0x10002")
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Error("Error applying PRAGMA optimize", err)
+				return nil
+			}
 		}
 		return db
 	})
@@ -99,7 +101,7 @@ func Init(ctx context.Context) func() {
 		log.Fatal(ctx, "Failed to apply new migrations", err)
 	}
 
-	if hasSchemaChanges {
+	if hasSchemaChanges && conf.Server.DevOptimizeDB {
 		log.Debug(ctx, "Applying PRAGMA optimize after schema changes")
 		_, err = db.ExecContext(ctx, "PRAGMA optimize")
 		if err != nil {
@@ -114,6 +116,9 @@ func Init(ctx context.Context) func() {
 
 // Optimize runs PRAGMA optimize on each connection in the pool
 func Optimize(ctx context.Context) {
+	if !conf.Server.DevOptimizeDB {
+		return
+	}
 	numConns := Db().Stats().OpenConnections
 	if numConns == 0 {
 		log.Debug(ctx, "No open connections to optimize")
diff --git a/db/migrations/migration.go b/db/migrations/migration.go
index 8d8f8a91e..fde6f5817 100644
--- a/db/migrations/migration.go
+++ b/db/migrations/migration.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
+	"github.com/navidrome/navidrome/conf"
 	"github.com/navidrome/navidrome/consts"
 )
 
@@ -21,11 +22,13 @@ func notice(tx *sql.Tx, msg string) {
 // Call this in migrations that requires a full rescan
 func forceFullRescan(tx *sql.Tx) error {
 	// If a full scan is required, most probably the query optimizer is outdated, so we run `analyze`.
-	_, err := tx.Exec(`ANALYZE;`)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+	if conf.Server.DevOptimizeDB {
+		_, err := tx.Exec(`ANALYZE;`)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
-	_, err = tx.Exec(fmt.Sprintf(`
+	_, err := tx.Exec(fmt.Sprintf(`
 INSERT OR REPLACE into property (id, value) values ('%s', '1');
 `, consts.FullScanAfterMigrationFlagKey))
 	return err
diff --git a/persistence/library_repository.go b/persistence/library_repository.go
index 5621e1719..9349f3c4c 100644
--- a/persistence/library_repository.go
+++ b/persistence/library_repository.go
@@ -179,7 +179,9 @@ func (r *libraryRepository) ScanEnd(id int) error {
 	// https://www.sqlite.org/pragma.html#pragma_optimize
 	// Use mask 0x10000 to check table sizes without running ANALYZE
 	// Running ANALYZE can cause query planner issues with expression-based collation indexes
-	_, err = r.executeSQL(Expr("PRAGMA optimize=0x10000;"))
+	if conf.Server.DevOptimizeDB {
+		_, err = r.executeSQL(Expr("PRAGMA optimize=0x10000;"))
+	}
 	return err
 }