diff --git a/pkg/db/common.go b/pkg/db/common.go
index 20e4e672..47d4a60b 100644
--- a/pkg/db/common.go
+++ b/pkg/db/common.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package db
 import (
 	"embed"
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -88,7 +89,21 @@ func (db *Database) initSqlite(config *SqliteDatabaseConfig) error {
 
 	db.logger.Infof("initializing sqlite connection to %v with %v/%v conn limit", config.File, config.MaxIdleConns, config.MaxOpenConns)
 
-	dbConn, err := sqlx.Open("sqlite", fmt.Sprintf("%s?_pragma=journal_mode(WAL)", config.File))
+	dsn := config.File
+	if dsn == ":memory:" {
+		dsn += "?cache=shared"
+	}
+
+	if strings.HasPrefix(dsn, ":memory:?") {
+		dsn = "file:" + dsn
+	}
+
+	separator := "?"
+	if strings.Contains(dsn, "?") {
+		separator = "&"
+	}
+
+	dbConn, err := sqlx.Open("sqlite", fmt.Sprintf("%s%s_pragma=journal_mode(WAL)", dsn, separator))
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error opening sqlite database: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/db/common_test.go b/pkg/db/common_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7169f7fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/db/common_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+package db
+
+import (
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+func TestSqliteSharesDataAcrossConnections(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		file string
+	}{
+		{name: "bare memory", file: ":memory:"},
+		{name: "default memory", file: ":memory:?cache=shared"},
+		{name: "memory URI", file: "file::memory:?cache=shared"},
+		{name: "named memory URI", file: "file:assertoor-test?mode=memory&cache=shared"},
+		{name: "file", file: filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "assertoor.db")},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			database := NewDatabase(logrus.New())
+			if err := database.InitDB(&DatabaseConfig{
+				Engine: "sqlite",
+				Sqlite: &SqliteDatabaseConfig{File: test.file},
+			}); err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+
+			t.Cleanup(func() {
+				if err := database.CloseDB(); err != nil {
+					t.Error(err)
+				}
+			})
+
+			if err := database.ApplySchema(-2); err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+
+			want := &TaskLog{RunID: 1, TaskID: 1, LogIndex: 1, LogMessage: "shared log"}
+
+			if err := database.RunTransaction(func(tx *sqlx.Tx) error {
+				return database.InsertTaskLog(tx, want)
+			}); err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+
+			conn, err := database.reader.Conn(t.Context())
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+
+			t.Cleanup(func() {
+				if closeErr := conn.Close(); closeErr != nil {
+					t.Error(closeErr)
+				}
+			})
+
+			logs, err := database.GetTaskLogs(want.RunID, want.TaskID, 0, 1)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("read task logs on a second connection: %v", err)
+			}
+
+			if len(logs) != 1 || *logs[0] != *want {
+				t.Fatalf("task logs = %v, want %v", logs, want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}