diff --git a/export_manager.go b/export_manager.go
index a445325..d3b15cc 100644
--- a/export_manager.go
+++ b/export_manager.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
 	"maps"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -116,9 +117,40 @@ func (em *ExportManager) exportBatch(ctx context.Context) {
 			}
 		}
 
-		if err := em.storage.(*SQLiteStorage).MarkAsExported(ctx, ids); err != nil {
-			slog.Error("Failed to mark entries as exported", "error", err)
+		backoff := time.Duration(0)
+		var lastErr error
+
+		for attempt := 0; attempt <= em.config.RetryAttempts; attempt++ {
+			if attempt > 0 {
+				backoff = time.Duration(attempt) * em.config.RetryBackoff
+				time.Sleep(backoff)
+			}
+			err := em.storage.(*SQLiteStorage).MarkAsExported(ctx, ids)
+			if err == nil {
+				break
+			}
+			lastErr = err
+			if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "database is locked") {
+				continue
+			} else {
+				slog.Error("Failed to mark entries as exported", "error", err)
+				break
+			}
 		}
+
+		if lastErr != nil && backoff > 0 {
+			slog.Error("Failed to mark entries as exported after retries", "error", lastErr)
+		}
+		// if err := em.storage.(*SQLiteStorage).MarkAsExported(ctx, ids); err != nil {
+		// 	if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "database is locked") {
+		// 		time.Sleep(50 * time.Millisecond)
+		// 		err := em.storage.(*SQLiteStorage).MarkAsExported(ctx, ids)
+		// 		if err != nil {
+		// 			slog.Error("Failed to mark entries as exported", "error", err)
+		// 		}
+		// 	}
+		// 	slog.Error("Failed to mark entries as exported", "error", err)
+		// }
 	}
 }