diff --git a/gradle/changelog/change_sqlite_connection_path.yaml b/gradle/changelog/change_sqlite_connection_path.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2e9b3ecce8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/changelog/change_sqlite_connection_path.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- type: fixed
+  description: Adjust connection string to match windows path resolver
diff --git a/scm-persistence/src/main/java/sonia/scm/store/sqlite/SQLiteQueryableStoreFactory.java b/scm-persistence/src/main/java/sonia/scm/store/sqlite/SQLiteQueryableStoreFactory.java
index f109fb7aba..4bfed5a5ee 100644
--- a/scm-persistence/src/main/java/sonia/scm/store/sqlite/SQLiteQueryableStoreFactory.java
+++ b/scm-persistence/src/main/java/sonia/scm/store/sqlite/SQLiteQueryableStoreFactory.java
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public class SQLiteQueryableStoreFactory implements QueryableStoreFactory {
                                      @ConfigValue(key = "queryableStore.leakDetectionThreshold", defaultValue = DEFAULT_LEAK_DETECTION_THRESHOLD_IN_SECONDS) int leakDetectionThresholdInSeconds
   ) {
     this(
-      "jdbc:sqlite:" + contextProvider.resolve(Path.of("scm.db?shared_cache=true&journal_mode=WAL")),
+      "jdbc:sqlite:" + contextProvider.resolve(Path.of("scm.db")) + "?shared_cache=true&journal_mode=WAL",
       objectMapper,
       keyGenerator,
       pluginLoader.getExtensionProcessor().getQueryableTypes(),