diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index be1ebbbc6a11..bf7fc10063e0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@
     "@fortawesome/free-brands-svg-icons": "^6.4.2",
     "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons": "^6.4.2",
     "@fortawesome/vue-fontawesome": "^2.0.10",
+    "@seald-io/nedb": "^4.0.2",
     "@silvermine/videojs-quality-selector": "^1.3.0",
     "autolinker": "^4.0.0",
     "electron-context-menu": "^3.6.1",
     "lodash.debounce": "^4.0.8",
     "marked": "^7.0.0",
-    "nedb-promises": "^6.2.1",
     "path-browserify": "^1.0.1",
     "process": "^0.11.10",
     "video.js": "7.21.5",
diff --git a/src/datastores/handlers/base.js b/src/datastores/handlers/base.js
index 11eebc32e2d0..71e1ca388968 100644
--- a/src/datastores/handlers/base.js
+++ b/src/datastores/handlers/base.js
@@ -2,17 +2,21 @@ import db from '../index'
 
 class Settings {
   static find() {
-    return db.settings.find({ _id: { $ne: 'bounds' } })
+    return db.settings.findAsync({ _id: { $ne: 'bounds' } })
   }
 
   static upsert(_id, value) {
-    return db.settings.update({ _id }, { _id, value }, { upsert: true })
+    return db.settings.updateAsync({ _id }, { _id, value }, { upsert: true })
+  }
+
+  static persist() {
+    return db.settings.compactDatafileAsync()
   }
 
   // ******************** //
   // Unique Electron main process handlers
   static _findAppReadyRelatedSettings() {
-    return db.settings.find({
+    return db.settings.findAsync({
       $or: [
         { _id: 'disableSmoothScrolling' },
         { _id: 'useProxy' },
@@ -24,92 +28,92 @@ class Settings {
   }
 
   static _findBounds() {
-    return db.settings.findOne({ _id: 'bounds' })
+    return db.settings.findOneAsync({ _id: 'bounds' })
   }
 
   static _findTheme() {
-    return db.settings.findOne({ _id: 'baseTheme' })
+    return db.settings.findOneAsync({ _id: 'baseTheme' })
   }
 
   static _findSidenavSettings() {
     return {
-      hideTrendingVideos: db.settings.findOne({ _id: 'hideTrendingVideos' }),
-      hidePopularVideos: db.settings.findOne({ _id: 'hidePopularVideos' }),
-      backendFallback: db.settings.findOne({ _id: 'backendFallback' }),
-      backendPreference: db.settings.findOne({ _id: 'backendPreference' }),
-      hidePlaylists: db.settings.findOne({ _id: 'hidePlaylists' }),
+      hideTrendingVideos: db.settings.findOneAsync({ _id: 'hideTrendingVideos' }),
+      hidePopularVideos: db.settings.findOneAsync({ _id: 'hidePopularVideos' }),
+      backendFallback: db.settings.findOneAsync({ _id: 'backendFallback' }),
+      backendPreference: db.settings.findOneAsync({ _id: 'backendPreference' }),
+      hidePlaylists: db.settings.findOneAsync({ _id: 'hidePlaylists' }),
     }
   }
 
   static _updateBounds(value) {
-    return db.settings.update({ _id: 'bounds' }, { _id: 'bounds', value }, { upsert: true })
+    return db.settings.updateAsync({ _id: 'bounds' }, { _id: 'bounds', value }, { upsert: true })
   }
   // ******************** //
 }
 
 class History {
   static find() {
-    return db.history.find({}).sort({ timeWatched: -1 })
+    return db.history.findAsync({}).sort({ timeWatched: -1 })
   }
 
   static upsert(record) {
-    return db.history.update({ videoId: record.videoId }, record, { upsert: true })
+    return db.history.updateAsync({ videoId: record.videoId }, record, { upsert: true })
   }
 
   static updateWatchProgress(videoId, watchProgress) {
-    return db.history.update({ videoId }, { $set: { watchProgress } }, { upsert: true })
+    return db.history.updateAsync({ videoId }, { $set: { watchProgress } }, { upsert: true })
   }
 
   static updateLastViewedPlaylist(videoId, lastViewedPlaylistId) {
-    return db.history.update({ videoId }, { $set: { lastViewedPlaylistId } }, { upsert: true })
+    return db.history.updateAsync({ videoId }, { $set: { lastViewedPlaylistId } }, { upsert: true })
   }
 
   static delete(videoId) {
-    return db.history.remove({ videoId })
+    return db.history.removeAsync({ videoId })
   }
 
   static deleteAll() {
-    return db.history.remove({}, { multi: true })
+    return db.history.removeAsync({}, { multi: true })
   }
 
   static persist() {
-    db.history.persistence.compactDatafile()
+    return db.history.compactDatafileAsync()
   }
 }
 
 class Profiles {
   static create(profile) {
-    return db.profiles.insert(profile)
+    return db.profiles.insertAsync(profile)
   }
 
   static find() {
-    return db.profiles.find({})
+    return db.profiles.findAsync({})
   }
 
   static upsert(profile) {
-    return db.profiles.update({ _id: profile._id }, profile, { upsert: true })
+    return db.profiles.updateAsync({ _id: profile._id }, profile, { upsert: true })
   }
 
   static delete(id) {
-    return db.profiles.remove({ _id: id })
+    return db.profiles.removeAsync({ _id: id })
   }
 
   static persist() {
-    db.profiles.persistence.compactDatafile()
+    return db.profiles.compactDatafileAsync()
   }
 }
 
 class Playlists {
   static create(playlists) {
-    return db.playlists.insert(playlists)
+    return db.playlists.insertAsync(playlists)
   }
 
   static find() {
-    return db.playlists.find({})
+    return db.playlists.findAsync({})
   }
 
   static upsertVideoByPlaylistName(playlistName, videoData) {
-    return db.playlists.update(
+    return db.playlists.updateAsync(
       { playlistName },
       { $push: { videos: videoData } },
       { upsert: true }
@@ -117,7 +121,7 @@ class Playlists {
   }
 
   static upsertVideoIdsByPlaylistId(_id, videoIds) {
-    return db.playlists.update(
+    return db.playlists.updateAsync(
       { _id },
       { $push: { videos: { $each: videoIds } } },
       { upsert: true }
@@ -125,11 +129,11 @@ class Playlists {
   }
 
   static delete(_id) {
-    return db.playlists.remove({ _id, protected: { $ne: true } })
+    return db.playlists.removeAsync({ _id, protected: { $ne: true } })
   }
 
   static deleteVideoIdByPlaylistName(playlistName, videoId) {
-    return db.playlists.update(
+    return db.playlists.updateAsync(
       { playlistName },
       { $pull: { videos: { videoId } } },
       { upsert: true }
@@ -137,7 +141,7 @@ class Playlists {
   }
 
   static deleteVideoIdsByPlaylistName(playlistName, videoIds) {
-    return db.playlists.update(
+    return db.playlists.updateAsync(
       { playlistName },
       { $pull: { videos: { $in: videoIds } } },
       { upsert: true }
@@ -145,7 +149,7 @@ class Playlists {
   }
 
   static deleteAllVideosByPlaylistName(playlistName) {
-    return db.playlists.update(
+    return db.playlists.updateAsync(
       { playlistName },
       { $set: { videos: [] } },
       { upsert: true }
@@ -153,19 +157,34 @@ class Playlists {
   }
 
   static deleteMultiple(ids) {
-    return db.playlists.remove({ _id: { $in: ids }, protected: { $ne: true } })
+    return db.playlists.removeAsync({ _id: { $in: ids }, protected: { $ne: true } })
   }
 
   static deleteAll() {
-    return db.playlists.remove({ protected: { $ne: true } })
+    return db.playlists.removeAsync({ protected: { $ne: true } })
   }
+
+  static persist() {
+    return db.playlists.compactDatafileAsync()
+  }
+}
+
+function compactAllDatastores() {
+  return Promise.allSettled([
+    Settings.persist(),
+    History.persist(),
+    Profiles.persist(),
+    Playlists.persist()
+  ])
 }
 
 const baseHandlers = {
   settings: Settings,
   history: History,
   profiles: Profiles,
-  playlists: Playlists
+  playlists: Playlists,
+
+  compactAllDatastores
 }
 
 export default baseHandlers
diff --git a/src/datastores/index.js b/src/datastores/index.js
index 644981634e4c..a7038fec9665 100644
--- a/src/datastores/index.js
+++ b/src/datastores/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import Datastore from 'nedb-promises'
+import Datastore from '@seald-io/nedb'
 
 let dbPath = null
 
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ if (process.env.IS_ELECTRON_MAIN) {
 }
 
 const db = {}
-db.settings = Datastore.create({ filename: dbPath('settings'), autoload: true })
-db.profiles = Datastore.create({ filename: dbPath('profiles'), autoload: true })
-db.playlists = Datastore.create({ filename: dbPath('playlists'), autoload: true })
-db.history = Datastore.create({ filename: dbPath('history'), autoload: true })
+db.settings = new Datastore({ filename: dbPath('settings'), autoload: true })
+db.profiles = new Datastore({ filename: dbPath('profiles'), autoload: true })
+db.playlists = new Datastore({ filename: dbPath('playlists'), autoload: true })
+db.history = new Datastore({ filename: dbPath('history'), autoload: true })
 
 export default db
diff --git a/src/main/index.js b/src/main/index.js
index b5f08d62f01c..2dbf2907480d 100644
--- a/src/main/index.js
+++ b/src/main/index.js
@@ -993,28 +993,33 @@ function runApp() {
   // ************************************************* //
 
   app.on('window-all-closed', () => {
-    // Clear cache and storage if it's the last window
-    session.defaultSession.clearCache()
-    session.defaultSession.clearStorageData({
-      storages: [
-        'appcache',
-        'cookies',
-        'filesystem',
-        'indexdb',
-        'shadercache',
-        'websql',
-        'serviceworkers',
-        'cachestorage'
-      ]
+    // Clean up resources (datastores' compaction + Electron cache and storage data clearing)
+    cleanUpResources().finally(() => {
+      if (process.platform !== 'darwin') {
+        app.quit()
+      }
     })
-
-    // For MacOS the app would still "run in background"
-    // and create new window on event `activate`
-    if (process.platform !== 'darwin') {
-      app.quit()
-    }
   })
 
+  function cleanUpResources() {
+    return Promise.allSettled([
+      baseHandlers.compactAllDatastores(),
+      session.defaultSession.clearCache(),
+      session.defaultSession.clearStorageData({
+        storages: [
+          'appcache',
+          'cookies',
+          'filesystem',
+          'indexdb',
+          'shadercache',
+          'websql',
+          'serviceworkers',
+          'cachestorage'
+        ]
+      })
+    ])
+  }
+
   // MacOS event
   // https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/api/app#event-activate-macos
   app.on('activate', () => {
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/data-settings/data-settings.js b/src/renderer/components/data-settings/data-settings.js
index bb2050fc8f40..da11301b82a3 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/data-settings/data-settings.js
+++ b/src/renderer/components/data-settings/data-settings.js
@@ -1137,10 +1137,8 @@ export default defineComponent({
 
     ...mapActions([
       'updateProfile',
-      'compactProfiles',
       'updateShowProgressBar',
       'updateHistory',
-      'compactHistory',
       'addPlaylist',
       'addVideo'
     ]),
diff --git a/src/renderer/store/modules/history.js b/src/renderer/store/modules/history.js
index 4ea6e5918335..037c7a6a084b 100644
--- a/src/renderer/store/modules/history.js
+++ b/src/renderer/store/modules/history.js
@@ -63,10 +63,6 @@ const actions = {
     } catch (errMessage) {
       console.error(errMessage)
     }
-  },
-
-  compactHistory(_) {
-    DBHistoryHandlers.persist()
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/store/modules/profiles.js b/src/renderer/store/modules/profiles.js
index e330be284809..55069a19a571 100644
--- a/src/renderer/store/modules/profiles.js
+++ b/src/renderer/store/modules/profiles.js
@@ -142,10 +142,6 @@ const actions = {
     }
   },
 
-  compactProfiles(_) {
-    DBProfileHandlers.persist()
-  },
-
   updateActiveProfile({ commit }, id) {
     commit('setActiveProfile', id)
   }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index b7edc2e1baba..bc35877c31dd 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1379,17 +1379,17 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@pkgjs/parseargs/-/parseargs-0.11.0.tgz#a77ea742fab25775145434eb1d2328cf5013ac33"
   integrity sha512-+1VkjdD0QBLPodGrJUeqarH8VAIvQODIbwh9XpP5Syisf7YoQgsJKPNFoqqLQlu+VQ/tVSshMR6loPMn8U+dPg==
 
-"@seald-io/binary-search-tree@^1.0.2":
-  version "1.0.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@seald-io/binary-search-tree/-/binary-search-tree-1.0.2.tgz#9f0e5cec5e0acf97f1b495f2f6d3476ddb6a94ed"
-  integrity sha512-+pYGvPFAk7wUR+ONMOlc6A+LUN4kOCFwyPLjyaeS7wVibADPHWYJNYsNtyIAwjF1AXQkuaXElnIc4XjKt55QZA==
+"@seald-io/binary-search-tree@^1.0.3":
+  version "1.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@seald-io/binary-search-tree/-/binary-search-tree-1.0.3.tgz#165a9a456eaa30d15885b25db83861bcce2c6a74"
+  integrity sha512-qv3jnwoakeax2razYaMsGI/luWdliBLHTdC6jU55hQt1hcFqzauH/HsBollQ7IR4ySTtYhT+xyHoijpA16C+tA==
 
-"@seald-io/nedb@^3.1.0":
-  version "3.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@seald-io/nedb/-/nedb-3.1.0.tgz#6105345a18596f6f9d69f46d7f572efdae32af8e"
-  integrity sha512-5G0hCQGJjOelOutvW1l4VD581XMhTPxpj1BUaCWTEM2MPXR9TzIr0MKMnEjnTA5nEKfujPyvVW7iF3etm1/gKQ==
+"@seald-io/nedb@^4.0.2":
+  version "4.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@seald-io/nedb/-/nedb-4.0.2.tgz#44bc5f9b86e44f7434c5af8064cc7f8e079fc3a8"
+  integrity sha512-gJ91fT1sgh2cLXYVcTSh7khZ8LdemI8+SojCdpZ5wy+DUQ4fSrEwGqOwbdV49NDs2BBO6GeBpSb8CnhG2IW1rw==
   dependencies:
-    "@seald-io/binary-search-tree" "^1.0.2"
+    "@seald-io/binary-search-tree" "^1.0.3"
     localforage "^1.9.0"
     util "^0.12.4"
 
@@ -5938,13 +5938,6 @@ natural-compare@^1.4.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/natural-compare/-/natural-compare-1.4.0.tgz#4abebfeed7541f2c27acfb29bdbbd15c8d5ba4f7"
   integrity sha1-Sr6/7tdUHywnrPspvbvRXI1bpPc=
 
-nedb-promises@^6.2.1:
-  version "6.2.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nedb-promises/-/nedb-promises-6.2.1.tgz#5280a32fb9c9996e77a93195f595860f88e8454a"
-  integrity sha512-vurL/Hfsk37mbsjYTu+MKnMUytboKBjWWEA0N35ArCBMdDW5x2BAE7Xny4qnlpR90ZuaI8gdWbbGQ2ZoJSp/FQ==
-  dependencies:
-    "@seald-io/nedb" "^3.1.0"
-
 negotiator@0.6.3:
   version "0.6.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/negotiator/-/negotiator-0.6.3.tgz#58e323a72fedc0d6f9cd4d31fe49f51479590ccd"