diff --git a/F-Droid/src/org/fdroid/fdroid/data/FDroidProvider.java b/F-Droid/src/org/fdroid/fdroid/data/FDroidProvider.java
index 792e78555..42936570d 100644
--- a/F-Droid/src/org/fdroid/fdroid/data/FDroidProvider.java
+++ b/F-Droid/src/org/fdroid/fdroid/data/FDroidProvider.java
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public abstract class FDroidProvider extends ContentProvider {
     }
 
     protected final synchronized SQLiteDatabase db() {
-        return getOrCreateDb(getContext()).getWritableDatabase();
+        return getOrCreateDb(getContext().getApplicationContext()).getWritableDatabase();
     }
 
     @Override