diff --git a/server/jobs.js b/server/jobs.js
index 8e1454261..a17bd8c9b 100644
--- a/server/jobs.js
+++ b/server/jobs.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const { UptimeKumaServer } = require("./uptime-kuma-server");
 const { clearOldData } = require("./jobs/clear-old-data");
+const { incrementalVacuum } = require("./jobs/incremental-vacuum");
 const Cron = require("croner");
 
 const jobs = [
@@ -9,6 +10,12 @@ const jobs = [
         jobFunc: clearOldData,
         croner: null,
     },
+    {
+        name: "incremental-vacuum",
+        interval: "*/5 * * * *",
+        jobFunc: incrementalVacuum,
+        croner: null,
+    }
 ];
 
 /**
diff --git a/server/jobs/clear-old-data.js b/server/jobs/clear-old-data.js
index cf7488cad..ad8ea1d38 100644
--- a/server/jobs/clear-old-data.js
+++ b/server/jobs/clear-old-data.js
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ const clearOldData = async () => {
                 "DELETE FROM heartbeat WHERE time < DATETIME('now', '-' || ? || ' days') ",
                 [ parsedPeriod ]
             );
+
+            await R.exec("PRAGMA optimize;");
         } catch (e) {
             log.error("clearOldData", `Failed to clear old data: ${e.message}`);
         }
diff --git a/server/jobs/incremental-vacuum.js b/server/jobs/incremental-vacuum.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a45232463
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/jobs/incremental-vacuum.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+const { R } = require("redbean-node");
+const { log } = require("../../src/util");
+
+/**
+ * Run incremental_vacuum and checkpoint the WAL.
+ * @return {Promise<void>} A promise that resolves when the process is finished.
+ */
+
+const incrementalVacuum = async () => {
+    try {
+        log.debug("incrementalVacuum", "Running incremental_vacuum and wal_checkpoint(PASSIVE)...");
+        await R.exec("PRAGMA incremental_vacuum(200)");
+        await R.exec("PRAGMA wal_checkpoint(PASSIVE)");
+    } catch (e) {
+        log.error("incrementalVacuum", `Failed: ${e.message}`);
+    }
+};
+
+module.exports = {
+    incrementalVacuum,
+};