diff --git a/src/main/java/net/coreprotect/database/DuckDBDatabase.java b/src/main/java/net/coreprotect/database/DuckDBDatabase.java
index c677856c..841d3685 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/coreprotect/database/DuckDBDatabase.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/coreprotect/database/DuckDBDatabase.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ final class DuckDBDatabase {
         properties.setProperty("allow_community_extensions", "false");
         properties.setProperty("autoload_known_extensions", "false");
         properties.setProperty("autoinstall_known_extensions", "false");
-        rootConnection = (DuckDBConnection) java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:duckdb:" + databaseFile.getAbsolutePath(), properties);
+        rootConnection = DuckDBNativeSupport.openDatabase(() -> (DuckDBConnection) java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:duckdb:" + databaseFile.getAbsolutePath(), properties));
     }
 
     static synchronized Connection getConnection() throws Exception {
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/coreprotect/database/DuckDBNativeSupport.java b/src/main/java/net/coreprotect/database/DuckDBNativeSupport.java
index ec95c042..5d7b6849 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/coreprotect/database/DuckDBNativeSupport.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/coreprotect/database/DuckDBNativeSupport.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package net.coreprotect.database;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.DriverManager;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
 
 public final class DuckDBNativeSupport {
 
@@ -14,13 +15,30 @@ public final class DuckDBNativeSupport {
 
     public static void verifyAvailable() throws Exception {
         Class.forName("org.duckdb.DuckDBDriver");
-        try (Connection connection = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:duckdb:")) {
+        try (Connection connection = openDatabase(() -> DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:duckdb:"))) {
             if (connection == null) {
                 throw new IllegalStateException("DuckDB JDBC driver did not create an in-memory connection");
             }
         }
     }
 
+    public static <T> T openDatabase(DatabaseOpener<T> opener) throws SQLException {
+        Thread thread = Thread.currentThread();
+        String originalName = thread.getName();
+        thread.setName("CoreProtect-DuckDB");
+        try {
+            return opener.open();
+        }
+        finally {
+            thread.setName(originalName);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @FunctionalInterface
+    public interface DatabaseOpener<T> {
+        T open() throws SQLException;
+    }
+
     public static boolean isNativeUnavailable(Throwable failure) {
         for (Throwable cause = failure; cause != null; cause = cause.getCause()) {
             if (cause instanceof UnsatisfiedLinkError) {