diff --git a/freqtrade/persistence.py b/freqtrade/persistence.py
index a15db87c7..27a283378 100644
--- a/freqtrade/persistence.py
+++ b/freqtrade/persistence.py
@@ -51,9 +51,11 @@ def init(db_url: str, clean_open_orders: bool = False) -> None:
         raise OperationalException(f"Given value for db_url: '{db_url}' "
                                    f"is no valid database URL! (See {_SQL_DOCS_URL})")
 
-    session = scoped_session(sessionmaker(bind=engine, autoflush=True, autocommit=True))
-    Trade.session = session()
-    Trade.query = session.query_property()
+    # https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/13/orm/contextual.html#thread-local-scope
+    # Scoped sessions proxy requests to the appropriate thread-local session.
+    # We should use the scoped_session object - not a seperately initialized version
+    Trade.session = scoped_session(sessionmaker(bind=engine, autoflush=True, autocommit=True))
+    Trade.query = Trade.session.query_property()
     _DECL_BASE.metadata.create_all(engine)
     check_migrate(engine)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_persistence.py b/tests/test_persistence.py
index 4aa69423e..231a1d2e2 100644
--- a/tests/test_persistence.py
+++ b/tests/test_persistence.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def test_init_create_session(default_conf):
     # Check if init create a session
     init(default_conf['db_url'], default_conf['dry_run'])
     assert hasattr(Trade, 'session')
-    assert 'Session' in type(Trade.session).__name__
+    assert 'scoped_session' in type(Trade.session).__name__
 
 
 def test_init_custom_db_url(default_conf, mocker):