diff --git a/database-lib.go b/database-lib.go
index b6b4be2..8b28577 100644
--- a/database-lib.go
+++ b/database-lib.go
@@ -1,24 +1,28 @@
 // +build wflib
 
 /*
  * Copyright © 2019-2020 A Bunch Tell LLC.
  *
  * This file is part of WriteFreely.
  *
  * WriteFreely is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License, included
  * in the LICENSE file in this source code package.
  */
 
 // This file contains dummy database funcs for when writefreely is used as a
 // library.
 
 package writefreely
 
 func (db *datastore) isDuplicateKeyErr(err error) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
 func (db *datastore) isIgnorableError(err error) bool {
 	return false
 }
+
+func (db *datastore) isHighLoadError(err error) bool {
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/database-sqlite.go b/database-sqlite.go
index bd77e6a..10e701e 100644
--- a/database-sqlite.go
+++ b/database-sqlite.go
@@ -1,62 +1,72 @@
 // +build sqlite,!wflib
 
 /*
- * Copyright © 2019 A Bunch Tell LLC.
+ * Copyright © 2019-2020 A Bunch Tell LLC.
  *
  * This file is part of WriteFreely.
  *
  * WriteFreely is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License, included
  * in the LICENSE file in this source code package.
  */
 
 package writefreely
 
 import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
 	"github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
 	"github.com/writeas/web-core/log"
 	"regexp"
 )
 
 func init() {
 	SQLiteEnabled = true
 
 	regex := func(re, s string) (bool, error) {
 		return regexp.MatchString(re, s)
 	}
 	sql.Register("sqlite3_with_regex", &sqlite3.SQLiteDriver{
 		ConnectHook: func(conn *sqlite3.SQLiteConn) error {
 			return conn.RegisterFunc("regexp", regex, true)
 		},
 	})
 }
 
 func (db *datastore) isDuplicateKeyErr(err error) bool {
 	if db.driverName == driverSQLite {
 		if err, ok := err.(sqlite3.Error); ok {
 			return err.Code == sqlite3.ErrConstraint
 		}
 	} else if db.driverName == driverMySQL {
 		if mysqlErr, ok := err.(*mysql.MySQLError); ok {
 			return mysqlErr.Number == mySQLErrDuplicateKey
 		}
 	} else {
 		log.Error("isDuplicateKeyErr: failed check for unrecognized driver '%s'", db.driverName)
 	}
 
 	return false
 }
 
 func (db *datastore) isIgnorableError(err error) bool {
 	if db.driverName == driverMySQL {
 		if mysqlErr, ok := err.(*mysql.MySQLError); ok {
 			return mysqlErr.Number == mySQLErrCollationMix
 		}
 	} else {
 		log.Error("isIgnorableError: failed check for unrecognized driver '%s'", db.driverName)
 	}
 
 	return false
 }
+
+func (db *datastore) isHighLoadError(err error) bool {
+	if db.driverName == driverMySQL {
+		if mysqlErr, ok := err.(*mysql.MySQLError); ok {
+			return mysqlErr.Number == mySQLErrMaxUserConns || mysqlErr.Number == mySQLErrTooManyConns
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}