diff --git a/sources/container/qetcontainerdb.cpp b/sources/container/qetcontainerdb.cpp
index aaab24a38..042d777a6 100644
--- a/sources/container/qetcontainerdb.cpp
+++ b/sources/container/qetcontainerdb.cpp
@@ -570,6 +570,32 @@ bool plainTables(sqlite3 *db)
 	return ok && run(QStringLiteral("VACUUM"));
 }
 
+	//What SQLite advises for a database read from a file
+	//(https://www.sqlite.org/security.html): nothing in its schema runs, no
+	//trigger or view either, the defensive mode, no value longer than any
+	//project holds, and the size of each cell checked as its page is read.
+	//The database @p schema of @p db ("main", or an attached one) is then
+	//checked whole, so that damage is said as such before anything reads
+	//it, instead of showing as a missing row or not at all.
+bool readAsUntrusted(Database &db, const QString &schema, QString *error)
+{
+	sqlite3_db_config(db.m_db, SQLITE_DBCONFIG_DEFENSIVE, 1, nullptr);
+	sqlite3_db_config(db.m_db, SQLITE_DBCONFIG_ENABLE_TRIGGER, 0, nullptr);
+#ifdef SQLITE_DBCONFIG_ENABLE_VIEW
+	sqlite3_db_config(db.m_db, SQLITE_DBCONFIG_ENABLE_VIEW, 0, nullptr);
+#endif
+	db.exec(QStringLiteral("PRAGMA trusted_schema = OFF"));
+	db.exec(QStringLiteral("PRAGMA cell_size_check = ON"));
+	sqlite3_limit(db.m_db, SQLITE_LIMIT_LENGTH, 256 * 1024 * 1024);
+	Statement check(db, QStringLiteral("PRAGMA %1.quick_check(1)").arg(schema));
+	const QString result = check.next() ? check.value(0).toString() : db.error();
+	if (result != QLatin1String("ok")) {
+		setError(error, QStringLiteral("the project database is damaged: %1").arg(result));
+		return false;
+	}
+	return true;
+}
+
 	//@p database opened in @p db, its tables checked to be plain tables and
 	//its format one this reads: a file is untrusted
 bool openDatabase(Database &db, const QByteArray &database, QString *error)
@@ -587,9 +613,10 @@ bool openDatabase(Database &db, const QByteArray &database, QString *error)
 		setError(error, QStringLiteral("the project database cannot be read"));
 		return false;
 	}
-		//A file is untrusted: nothing in its schema may run, and every name
-		//read must be a plain table.
-	db.exec(QStringLiteral("PRAGMA trusted_schema = OFF"));
+		//A file is untrusted (readAsUntrusted()), and every name read must
+		//be a plain table.
+	if (!readAsUntrusted(db, QStringLiteral("main"), error))
+		return false;
 	for (const QString &table : DocTables) {
 		Statement kind(db, QStringLiteral("SELECT type FROM sqlite_master WHERE name = ?"));
 		kind.bind({table});
@@ -902,7 +929,8 @@ QByteArray QetContainerDb::extract(QDomElement project, QString *error, const QB
 			setError(error, QStringLiteral("cannot read the database the kept folios come from"));
 			return {};
 		}
-		db.exec(QStringLiteral("PRAGMA trusted_schema = OFF"));
+		if (!readAsUntrusted(db, QStringLiteral("old"), error))
+			return {};
 		for (const QString &table : DocTables) {
 			Statement kind(db, QStringLiteral("SELECT type FROM old.sqlite_master WHERE name = ?"));
 			kind.bind({table});
diff --git a/tests/qttest/tst_qetcontainer.cpp b/tests/qttest/tst_qetcontainer.cpp
index 4c1c020dd..d1e574e31 100644
--- a/tests/qttest/tst_qetcontainer.cpp
+++ b/tests/qttest/tst_qetcontainer.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include <QDir>
 #include <QFile>
+#include <QtEndian>
 
 #include <functional>
 
@@ -533,6 +534,38 @@ private slots:
 		QVERIFY(!error.isEmpty());
 	}
 
+	// A page of the database overwritten, as a bad disk or a broken copy
+	// would: refused, and said to be damaged (quick_check on opening),
+	// whichever table the page held
+	void damagedDatabaseRefused_data()
+	{
+		QTest::addColumn<double>("where");
+		QTest::newRow("second page") << 0.0;
+		QTest::newRow("middle page") << 0.5;
+		QTest::newRow("last page") << 1.0;
+	}
+	void damagedDatabaseRefused()
+	{
+		QFETCH(double, where);
+		QDomDocument original;
+		QList<QetZip::Entry> entries = splitFile(QStringLiteral(QET_EXAMPLES_DIR "/industrial.qet"), &original);
+		bool damaged = false;
+		for (QetZip::Entry &entry : entries) {
+			if (entry.name != QLatin1String("project.sqlite")) continue;
+			const int page_size = qFromBigEndian<quint16>(entry.data.constData() + 16);
+			const int pages = int(entry.data.size() / page_size);
+			QVERIFY(pages > 3);
+			const int page = 1 + int(where * (pages - 2));
+			entry.data.replace(page * page_size, page_size, QByteArray(page_size, char(0xff)));
+			damaged = true;
+		}
+		QVERIFY(damaged);
+		QDomDocument back;
+		QString error;
+		QVERIFY(!QetContainer::join(entries, &back, &error));
+		QVERIFY2(error.contains(QStringLiteral("damaged")), qPrintable(error));
+	}
+
 	// project.sqlite changed by @p sql in @p entries
 	static void alterDatabase(QList<QetZip::Entry> &entries, const char *sql)
 	{