diff --git a/superset/config.py b/superset/config.py
index 42a46012e88d4..eeb4ded6c6de1 100644
--- a/superset/config.py
+++ b/superset/config.py
@@ -1649,7 +1649,9 @@ def EMAIL_HEADER_MUTATOR(  # pylint: disable=invalid-name,unused-argument
 
 # URI to database storing the example data, points to
 # SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI by default if set to `None`
-SQLALCHEMY_EXAMPLES_URI = "sqlite:///" + os.path.join(DATA_DIR, "examples.db")
+SQLALCHEMY_EXAMPLES_URI = (
+    "sqlite:///" + os.path.join(DATA_DIR, "examples.db") + "?check_same_thread=false"
+)
 
 # Optional prefix to be added to all static asset paths when rendering the UI.
 # This is useful for hosting assets in an external CDN, for example