diff --git a/templates/database.txt b/templates/database.txt
index 473b3604..ce904039 100644
--- a/templates/database.txt
+++ b/templates/database.txt
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ const databaseConfig: DatabaseConfig = {
       connection: {
         filename: Application.tmpPath('db.sqlite3'),
       },
+      pool: {
+        afterCreate: (conn, cb) => {
+          conn.run('PRAGMA foreign_keys=true', cb)
+        }
+      },
       migrations: {
         naturalSort: true,
       },