diff --git a/nettacker/cli/db_worker.py b/nettacker/cli/db_worker.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4bd464170
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nettacker/cli/db_worker.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import argparse
+import signal
+import time
+
+from nettacker.database.writer import get_writer
+
+
+def _handle_sig(signum, frame):
+    writer = get_writer()
+    writer.stop()
+    raise SystemExit(0)
+
+
+def run():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("--once", action="store_true", help="Drain the queue once and exit")
+    parser.add_argument("--batch-size", type=int, default=None, help="Writer batch size")
+    parser.add_argument("--interval", type=float, default=None, help="Writer sleep interval")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--max-items", type=int, default=None, help="Max items to process in --once mode"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--summary", action="store_true", help="Print a summary after --once")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, _handle_sig)
+    signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, _handle_sig)
+
+    # apply runtime config
+    from nettacker.database.writer import get_writer_configured, get_stats
+
+    writer = get_writer_configured(batch_size=args.batch_size, interval=args.interval)
+    if args.once:
+        processed = writer.drain_once(max_iterations=args.max_items or 100000)
+        if args.summary:
+            stats = get_stats()
+            print(
+                f"processed={processed} total_processed={stats.get('processed')} queue_size={stats.get('queue_size')}"
+            )
+        return
+
+    # Main loop - will be terminated by signal handlers
+    while True:
+        time.sleep(1)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    run()
diff --git a/nettacker/database/db.py b/nettacker/database/db.py
index 19eda9b2a..0022d9aa6 100644
--- a/nettacker/database/db.py
+++ b/nettacker/database/db.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 from nettacker.config import Config
 from nettacker.core.messages import messages
 from nettacker.database.models import HostsLog, Report, TempEvents
+from nettacker.database.writer import get_writer
 
 config = Config()
 log = logger.get_logger()
@@ -95,6 +96,22 @@ def submit_report_to_db(event):
         return True if submitted otherwise False
     """
     log.verbose_info(messages("inserting_report_db"))
+    writer = get_writer()
+    job = {
+        "action": "insert_report",
+        "payload": {
+            "date": event["date"],
+            "scan_id": event["scan_id"],
+            "report_path_filename": event["options"]["report_path_filename"],
+            "options": event["options"],
+        },
+    }
+    try:
+        if writer.enqueue(job):
+            return True
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+    # Fallback to direct write
     session = create_connection()
     session.add(
         Report(
@@ -140,6 +157,14 @@ def submit_logs_to_db(log):
         True if success otherwise False
     """
     if isinstance(log, dict):
+        writer = get_writer()
+        job = {"action": "insert_hostslog", "payload": log}
+        try:
+            if writer.enqueue(job):
+                return True
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+        # Fallback
         session = create_connection()
         session.add(
             HostsLog(
@@ -169,6 +194,14 @@ def submit_temp_logs_to_db(log):
         True if success otherwise False
     """
     if isinstance(log, dict):
+        writer = get_writer()
+        job = {"action": "insert_tempevent", "payload": log}
+        try:
+            if writer.enqueue(job):
+                return True
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+        # Fallback
         session = create_connection()
         session.add(
             TempEvents(
diff --git a/nettacker/database/writer.py b/nettacker/database/writer.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f96c9708
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nettacker/database/writer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,368 @@
+import json
+import threading
+import time
+from multiprocessing import Queue
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from sqlalchemy import create_engine
+from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
+
+from nettacker import logger
+from nettacker.config import Config
+from nettacker.database.models import Report, HostsLog, TempEvents
+
+log = logger.get_logger()
+
+
+class DBWriter:
+    def __init__(self, batch_size=100, interval=0.5):
+        self.batch_size = int(batch_size)
+        self.interval = float(interval)
+        self._stop = threading.Event()
+        self._thread = None
+        # total processed across lifetime
+        self._processed_count = 0
+
+        self._use_litequeue = False
+        self._lq = None
+        self._lq_put = None
+        self._lq_get = None
+
+        try:
+            import litequeue as _litequeue
+
+            queue_file = Path(Config.path.data_dir) / "nettacker_db_queue.lq"
+            queue_file.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+            # try common constructors
+            if hasattr(_litequeue, "LiteQueue"):
+                self._lq = _litequeue.LiteQueue(str(queue_file))
+            elif hasattr(_litequeue, "Queue"):
+                self._lq = _litequeue.Queue(str(queue_file))
+            else:
+                # fallback to a module-level factory
+                try:
+                    self._lq = _litequeue.open(str(queue_file))
+                except Exception:
+                    self._lq = None
+
+            if self._lq is not None:
+                # prefer destructive pop/get ordering
+                if hasattr(self._lq, "put"):
+                    self._lq_put = self._lq.put
+                elif hasattr(self._lq, "push"):
+                    self._lq_put = self._lq.push
+                elif hasattr(self._lq, "add"):
+                    self._lq_put = self._lq.add
+
+                if hasattr(self._lq, "pop"):
+                    self._lq_get = self._lq.pop
+                elif hasattr(self._lq, "get"):
+                    # note: some implementations require message_id; prefer pop above
+                    self._lq_get = self._lq.get
+                elif hasattr(self._lq, "take"):
+                    self._lq_get = self._lq.take
+
+                if self._lq_put and self._lq_get:
+                    self._use_litequeue = True
+        except Exception:
+            self._use_litequeue = False
+
+        if not self._use_litequeue:
+            self.queue = Queue()
+
+        db_url = Config.db.as_dict()
+        engine_url = (
+            "sqlite:///{name}".format(**db_url)
+            if Config.db.engine.startswith("sqlite")
+            else Config.db.engine
+        )
+        connect_args = {}
+        if engine_url.startswith("sqlite"):
+            connect_args["check_same_thread"] = False
+
+        self.engine = create_engine(engine_url, connect_args=connect_args, pool_pre_ping=True)
+        if engine_url.startswith("sqlite"):
+            try:
+                with self.engine.connect() as conn:
+                    conn.execute("PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL")
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+
+        self.Session = sessionmaker(bind=self.engine)
+
+    def start(self):
+        if self._thread and self._thread.is_alive():
+            return
+        self._stop.clear()
+        self._thread = threading.Thread(target=self._run, name="nettacker-db-writer", daemon=True)
+        self._thread.start()
+
+    def stop(self):
+        self._stop.set()
+        if self._thread:
+            self._thread.join(timeout=5)
+
+    def enqueue(self, job):
+        try:
+            if self._use_litequeue:
+                self._lq_put(json.dumps(job))
+                return True
+            self.queue.put(job)
+            return True
+        except Exception:
+            log.warn("DBWriter: failed to enqueue job")
+            return False
+
+    def _acknowledge_message(self, message_id):
+        """Acknowledge a successfully processed message."""
+        if self._use_litequeue and message_id is not None:
+            try:
+                if hasattr(self._lq, "done"):
+                    self._lq.done(message_id)
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+
+    def _pop_one(self):
+        if self._use_litequeue:
+            try:
+                # litequeue: use pop() to get and lock message, then mark done() AFTER processing
+                msg = None
+                if hasattr(self._lq, "pop"):
+                    msg = self._lq.pop()
+                elif hasattr(self._lq, "get"):
+                    # fallback: try to get next via get
+                    msg = self._lq.get()
+
+                if msg is None:
+                    return None
+
+                if hasattr(msg, "data"):
+                    payload = msg.data
+                elif hasattr(msg, "message"):
+                    payload = msg.message
+                else:
+                    payload = str(msg)
+
+                if isinstance(payload, (bytes, bytearray)):
+                    payload = payload.decode()
+
+                # Return both the payload and message_id for deferred acknowledgment
+                job_data = json.loads(payload)
+                if hasattr(msg, "message_id"):
+                    return {"data": job_data, "message_id": msg.message_id}
+                else:
+                    return {"data": job_data, "message_id": None}
+            except Exception:
+                return None
+        else:
+            try:
+                job_data = self.queue.get_nowait()
+                return {"data": job_data, "message_id": None}
+
+            except Exception:
+                return None
+
+    def _run(self):
+        pending = []
+        while not self._stop.is_set():
+            try:
+                while len(pending) < self.batch_size:
+                    job = self._pop_one()
+                    if job is None:
+                        break
+                    pending.append(job)
+
+                if pending:
+                    # Process each job individually with immediate commit
+                    for job in pending:
+                        job_session = self.Session()  # Fresh session per job
+                        try:
+                            # Handle both litequeue format {"data": job, "message_id": id} and direct job
+                            job_data = (
+                                job["data"] if isinstance(job, dict) and "data" in job else job
+                            )
+                            self._apply_job(job_session, job_data)
+                            job_session.commit()  # Immediate commit per job
+                            self._processed_count += 1
+
+                            # Only acknowledge after successful commit
+                            if isinstance(job, dict) and "message_id" in job:
+                                self._acknowledge_message(job["message_id"])
+
+                        except Exception as e:
+                            job_session.rollback()
+                            log.error(f"Failed to process job: {e}")
+                            # Job is not acknowledged, so it can be retried
+                        finally:
+                            job_session.close()
+
+                    pending = []
+                else:
+                    time.sleep(self.interval)
+            except Exception:
+                time.sleep(0.1)
+
+        # Final cleanup: process any remaining jobs individually
+        try:
+            while True:
+                job = self._pop_one()
+                if job is None:
+                    break
+
+                # Process final job individually with immediate commit
+                cleanup_session = self.Session()
+                try:
+                    job_data = job["data"] if isinstance(job, dict) and "data" in job else job
+                    self._apply_job(cleanup_session, job_data)
+                    cleanup_session.commit()
+                    self._processed_count += 1
+
+                    # Only acknowledge after successful commit
+                    if isinstance(job, dict) and "message_id" in job:
+                        self._acknowledge_message(job["message_id"])
+
+                except Exception as e:
+                    cleanup_session.rollback()
+                    log.error(f"Failed to process cleanup job: {e}")
+                finally:
+                    cleanup_session.close()
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+    def drain_once(self, max_iterations=100000):
+        """Consume all queued jobs and return when queue is empty.
+
+        This method is intended for on-demand draining (not long-lived).
+        """
+        iterations = 0
+        processed = 0
+
+        try:
+            while iterations < max_iterations:
+                job = self._pop_one()
+                if job is None:
+                    break
+
+                # Process each job individually with immediate commit for durability
+                job_session = self.Session()  # Fresh session per job
+                try:
+                    # Handle both litequeue format {"data": job, "message_id": id} and direct job
+                    job_data = job["data"] if isinstance(job, dict) and "data" in job else job
+                    self._apply_job(job_session, job_data)
+                    job_session.commit()  # Immediate commit per job
+                    processed += 1
+                    self._processed_count += 1
+
+                    # Only acknowledge after successful commit
+                    if isinstance(job, dict) and "message_id" in job:
+                        self._acknowledge_message(job["message_id"])
+
+                except Exception as e:
+                    job_session.rollback()
+                    log.error(f"Failed to process job during drain: {e}")
+                    # Job is not acknowledged, so it can be retried
+                finally:
+                    job_session.close()
+
+                iterations += 1
+        except Exception as e:
+            log.error(f"Error during drain operation: {e}")
+
+        return processed
+
+    def _apply_job(self, session, job):
+        action = job.get("action")
+        payload = job.get("payload", {})
+        if action == "insert_report":
+            session.add(
+                Report(
+                    date=payload.get("date"),
+                    scan_unique_id=payload.get("scan_id"),
+                    report_path_filename=payload.get("report_path_filename"),
+                    options=json.dumps(payload.get("options", {})),
+                )
+            )
+            return
+        if action == "insert_hostslog":
+            session.add(
+                HostsLog(
+                    target=payload.get("target"),
+                    date=payload.get("date"),
+                    module_name=payload.get("module_name"),
+                    scan_unique_id=payload.get("scan_id"),
+                    port=json.dumps(payload.get("port")),
+                    event=json.dumps(payload.get("event")),
+                    json_event=json.dumps(payload.get("json_event")),
+                )
+            )
+            return
+        if action == "insert_tempevent":
+            session.add(
+                TempEvents(
+                    target=payload.get("target"),
+                    date=payload.get("date"),
+                    module_name=payload.get("module_name"),
+                    scan_unique_id=payload.get("scan_id"),
+                    event_name=payload.get("event_name"),
+                    port=json.dumps(payload.get("port")),
+                    event=json.dumps(payload.get("event")),
+                    data=json.dumps(payload.get("data")),
+                )
+            )
+            return
+        log.warn(f"DBWriter: unsupported job action {action}")
+
+
+# singleton writer
+_writer = None
+
+
+def get_writer():
+    global _writer
+    if _writer is None:
+        _writer = DBWriter()
+        try:
+            _writer.start()
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+    return _writer
+
+
+def get_writer_configured(batch_size=None, interval=None):
+    """Return singleton writer, applying optional configuration.
+
+    If the writer already exists, provided parameters will update its settings.
+    """
+    w = get_writer()
+    if batch_size is not None:
+        try:
+            w.batch_size = int(batch_size)
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+    if interval is not None:
+        try:
+            w.interval = float(interval)
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+    return w
+
+
+def get_stats():
+    w = get_writer()
+    queue_size = None
+    if getattr(w, "_use_litequeue", False) and getattr(w, "_lq", None) is not None:
+        try:
+            if hasattr(w._lq, "qsize"):
+                queue_size = w._lq.qsize()
+            elif hasattr(w._lq, "__len__"):
+                queue_size = len(w._lq)
+            elif hasattr(w._lq, "size"):
+                queue_size = w._lq.size()
+        except Exception:
+            queue_size = None
+    else:
+        try:
+            queue_size = w.queue.qsize()
+        except Exception:
+            queue_size = None
+    return {"processed": getattr(w, "_processed_count", 0), "queue_size": queue_size}
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 0dae0b991..ea5d810a9 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 2.1.1 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 2.2.1 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aiohappyeyeballs"
@@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ description = "Read metadata from Python packages"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 groups = ["main"]
-markers = "python_version < \"3.10\""
+markers = "python_version == \"3.9\""
 files = [
     {file = "importlib_metadata-8.4.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:66f342cc6ac9818fc6ff340576acd24d65ba0b3efabb2b4ac08b598965a4a2f1"},
     {file = "importlib_metadata-8.4.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:9a547d3bc3608b025f93d403fdd1aae741c24fbb8314df4b155675742ce303c5"},
@@ -1129,6 +1129,18 @@ files = [
 dnspython = "*"
 ldap3 = ">2.5.0,<2.5.2 || >2.5.2,<2.6 || >2.6"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "litequeue"
+version = "0.9"
+description = "Simple queue built on top of SQLite"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.6"
+groups = ["main"]
+files = [
+    {file = "litequeue-0.9-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:344312748f9d118253ecaa2fb82d432ab6f63dd3bd5c40922a63933bc47cd2e3"},
+    {file = "litequeue-0.9.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:368f56b9de5c76fc6f2adc66177e81a59f545f3b5b95a26cae8562b858914647"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "markupsafe"
 version = "2.1.5"
@@ -2023,7 +2035,7 @@ files = [
     {file = "typing_extensions-4.12.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:04e5ca0351e0f3f85c6853954072df659d0d13fac324d0072316b67d7794700d"},
     {file = "typing_extensions-4.12.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:1a7ead55c7e559dd4dee8856e3a88b41225abfe1ce8df57b7c13915fe121ffb8"},
 ]
-markers = {dev = "python_version < \"3.10\""}
+markers = {dev = "python_version == \"3.9\""}
 
 [[package]]
 name = "urllib3"
@@ -2254,4 +2266,4 @@ type = ["pytest-mypy"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.1"
 python-versions = "^3.9, <3.13"
-content-hash = "0e1731401cd6acfc4d45ede5e18668530aae6a6b2e359d7dc8d8d635635a1257"
+content-hash = "aa676fcd9a242a436052e31b320c0c3d99451dc4323d6ae99fbe8f4f49e0d747"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e6939b9b5..a81f498a4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ release_name = "QUIN"
 
 [tool.poetry.scripts]
 nettacker = "nettacker.main:run"
+nettacker-db-worker = "nettacker.cli.db_worker:run"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.9, <3.13"
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ zipp = "^3.19.1"
 uvloop = "^0.21.0"
 pymysql = "^1.1.1"
 impacket = "^0.11.0"
+litequeue = "^0.9"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 ipython = "^8.16.1"
diff --git a/tests/database/test_writer.py b/tests/database/test_writer.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e4a91a65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/database/test_writer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+import os
+import subprocess
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def start_worker_process(tmp_path):
+    # run worker in separate process
+    env = os.environ.copy()
+    # ensure current project is first on PYTHONPATH
+    env["PYTHONPATH"] = str(Path.cwd()) + os.pathsep + env.get("PYTHONPATH", "")
+    # Pass config through environment
+    data_dir = tmp_path / ".data"
+    env["NETTACKER_DATA_DIR"] = str(data_dir)
+    env["NETTACKER_DB_NAME"] = str(data_dir / "nettacker.db")
+
+    proc = subprocess.Popen(
+        [
+            env.get("PYTHON_BIN", "python"),
+            "-m",
+            "nettacker.cli.db_worker",
+            "--once",  # Process all items and exit
+            "--max-items",
+            "10",
+            "--summary",  # Show processing stats
+        ],
+        env=env,
+        stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+        stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+        text=True,
+    )
+    print(f"Started worker process {proc.pid} with data_dir={data_dir}")
+    return proc
+
+
+def test_worker_writes(tmp_path):
+    """Test that the database writer correctly processes queued jobs and writes to database."""
+    # Create test database
+    data_dir = tmp_path / ".data"
+    data_dir.mkdir()
+    db_path = str(data_dir / "nettacker.db")
+
+    # Create database tables
+    from sqlalchemy import create_engine, text
+
+    from nettacker.database.models import Base
+
+    engine = create_engine(f"sqlite:///{db_path}")
+    Base.metadata.create_all(engine)
+    engine.dispose()
+
+    # Create a writer configured to use the test database
+    from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
+
+    from nettacker.database.writer import DBWriter
+
+    writer = DBWriter()
+    # Override the database connection to use our test database
+    writer.engine = create_engine(
+        f"sqlite:///{db_path}", connect_args={"check_same_thread": False}, pool_pre_ping=True
+    )
+    # Enable WAL mode for better concurrency
+    with writer.engine.connect() as conn:
+        conn.execute(text("PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL"))
+        conn.commit()
+    writer.Session = sessionmaker(bind=writer.engine)
+
+    # Create test jobs for both report and hosts log
+    jobs = [
+        {
+            "action": "insert_report",
+            "payload": {
+                "date": None,
+                "scan_id": "test-scan",
+                "report_path_filename": str(data_dir / "r.html"),
+                "options": {"report_path_filename": str(data_dir / "r.html")},
+            },
+        },
+        {
+            "action": "insert_hostslog",
+            "payload": {
+                "date": None,
+                "target": "127.0.0.1",
+                "module_name": "m",
+                "scan_id": "test-scan",
+                "port": [],
+                "event": {},
+                "json_event": {},
+            },
+        },
+    ]
+
+    # Enqueue jobs to the writer
+    for job in jobs:
+        writer.enqueue(job)
+
+    # Process all queued jobs
+    processed_count = writer.drain_once(max_iterations=10)
+    assert processed_count == 2
+
+    # Verify the jobs were written to the database
+    import sqlite3
+
+    conn = sqlite3.connect(db_path)
+    c = conn.cursor()
+
+    c.execute("select count(*) from reports where scan_unique_id = ?", ("test-scan",))
+    report_count = c.fetchone()[0]
+
+    c.execute("select count(*) from scan_events where scan_unique_id = ?", ("test-scan",))
+    hosts_count = c.fetchone()[0]
+
+    conn.close()
+
+    assert report_count == 1
+    assert hosts_count == 1