diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0c65e07c3..84fa2611a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ Write the date in place of the "Unreleased" in the case a new version is release
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Added
+
+- Configured recycle and added explicit pre-ping option (disabled by default) for
+  storage databases.
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - Column names in `TableStructure` are explicitly converted to strings.
diff --git a/tiled/storage.py b/tiled/storage.py
index f5d702e71..30799fa1c 100644
--- a/tiled/storage.py
+++ b/tiled/storage.py
@@ -103,8 +103,12 @@ def _connection_pool(self) -> "sqlalchemy.pool.QueuePool":
         if (self.dialect == "duckdb") or (":memory:" in self.uri):
             pool = sqlalchemy.pool.StaticPool(creator)
         else:
-            pool = sqlalchemy.pool.QueuePool(
-                creator, pool_size=self.pool_size, max_overflow=self.max_overflow
+            return sqlalchemy.pool.QueuePool(
+                creator,
+                pool_size=self.pool_size,
+                max_overflow=self.max_overflow,
+                recycle=1800,  # Recycle connections after 30 minutes
+                pre_ping=False,  # Default -- don't test connections before using them
             )
             monitor_db_pool(pool, self.uri)