diff --git a/backend-lib/src/main/java/cash/z/ecc/android/sdk/internal/SdkDispatchers.kt b/backend-lib/src/main/java/cash/z/ecc/android/sdk/internal/SdkDispatchers.kt
index 7ef4513a..db565335 100644
--- a/backend-lib/src/main/java/cash/z/ecc/android/sdk/internal/SdkDispatchers.kt
+++ b/backend-lib/src/main/java/cash/z/ecc/android/sdk/internal/SdkDispatchers.kt
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ internal object SdkExecutors {
      * We don't expect things to break, but we don't have the WAL enabled for SQLite so this
      * is a simple solution.
      */
-    val DATABASE_IO = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor()
+    val DATABASE_IO = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor {
+        Thread(it, "zc-io").apply { isDaemon = true }
+    }
 }
 
 object SdkDispatchers {