diff --git a/core/mvcc/database/mod.rs b/core/mvcc/database/mod.rs
index 06c935bc4..0383182de 100644
--- a/core/mvcc/database/mod.rs
+++ b/core/mvcc/database/mod.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use crate::types::IOResult;
 use crate::types::ImmutableRecord;
 use crate::types::SeekResult;
 use crate::Completion;
+use crate::File;
 use crate::IOExt;
 use crate::LimboError;
 use crate::Result;
@@ -32,6 +33,9 @@ use tracing::Level;
 pub mod checkpoint_state_machine;
 pub use checkpoint_state_machine::{CheckpointState, CheckpointStateMachine};
 
+use super::persistent_storage::logical_log::StreamingLogicalLogReader;
+use super::persistent_storage::logical_log::StreamingResult;
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 pub mod tests;
 
@@ -855,6 +859,10 @@ pub struct MvStore<Clock: LogicalClock> {
     /// If there are two concurrent BEGIN (non-CONCURRENT) transactions, and one tries to promote
     /// to exclusive, it will abort if another transaction committed after its begin timestamp.
     last_committed_tx_ts: AtomicU64,
+
+    /// Lock used while recovering a logical log file. We don't want multiple connections trying to
+    /// load the file.
+    recover_lock: RwLock<()>,
 }
 
 impl<Clock: LogicalClock> MvStore<Clock> {
@@ -878,6 +886,7 @@ impl<Clock: LogicalClock> MvStore<Clock> {
             checkpointed_txid_max: AtomicU64::new(0),
             last_committed_schema_change_ts: AtomicU64::new(0),
             last_committed_tx_ts: AtomicU64::new(0),
+            recover_lock: RwLock::new(()),
         }
     }
 
@@ -1739,6 +1748,52 @@ impl<Clock: LogicalClock> MvStore<Clock> {
             .unwrap_or(None);
         last_rowid
     }
+
+    pub fn needs_recover(&self) -> bool {
+        self.storage.needs_recover()
+    }
+
+    pub fn mark_recovered(&self) {
+        self.storage.mark_recovered();
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_logical_log_file(&self) -> Arc<dyn File> {
+        self.storage.get_logical_log_file()
+    }
+
+    pub fn recover_logical_log(&self, io: &Arc<dyn crate::IO>, pager: &Arc<Pager>) -> Result<()> {
+        // Get lock, if we don't get it we will wait until recover finishes in another connection
+        // and then return.
+        let _recover_guard = self.recover_lock.write();
+        if !self.storage.needs_recover() {
+            // another connection completed recover
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+        let file = self.get_logical_log_file();
+        let mut reader = StreamingLogicalLogReader::new(file.clone());
+
+        let c = reader.read_header()?;
+        io.wait_for_completion(c)?;
+        let tx_id = 0;
+        self.begin_load_tx(pager.clone())?;
+        loop {
+            match reader.next_record(io).unwrap() {
+                StreamingResult::InsertRow { row, rowid } => {
+                    tracing::trace!("read {rowid:?}");
+                    self.insert(tx_id, row)?;
+                }
+                StreamingResult::DeleteRow { rowid } => {
+                    self.delete(tx_id, rowid)?;
+                }
+                StreamingResult::Eof => {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        self.commit_load_tx(tx_id);
+        self.mark_recovered();
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
 
 /// A write-write conflict happens when transaction T_current attempts to update a
diff --git a/core/mvcc/persistent_storage/logical_log.rs b/core/mvcc/persistent_storage/logical_log.rs
index b64cb5acc..987477aa5 100644
--- a/core/mvcc/persistent_storage/logical_log.rs
+++ b/core/mvcc/persistent_storage/logical_log.rs
@@ -2,22 +2,20 @@
 #![allow(dead_code)]
 use crate::{
     io::ReadComplete,
-    mvcc::{
-        database::{LogRecord, Row, RowID, RowVersion},
-        LocalClock, MvStore,
-    },
+    mvcc::database::{LogRecord, Row, RowID, RowVersion},
     storage::sqlite3_ondisk::{read_varint, write_varint_to_vec},
     turso_assert,
     types::{IOCompletions, ImmutableRecord},
-    Buffer, Completion, CompletionError, LimboError, Pager, Result,
+    Buffer, Completion, CompletionError, LimboError, Result,
 };
 use std::{cell::RefCell, sync::Arc};
 
 use crate::{types::IOResult, File};
 
 pub struct LogicalLog {
-    file: Arc<dyn File>,
+    pub file: Arc<dyn File>,
     offset: u64,
+    recover: bool,
 }
 
 /// Log's Header, this will be the 64 bytes in any logical log file.
@@ -138,7 +136,12 @@ impl LogRecordType {
 
 impl LogicalLog {
     pub fn new(file: Arc<dyn File>) -> Self {
-        Self { file, offset: 0 }
+        let recover = file.size().unwrap() > 0;
+        Self {
+            file,
+            offset: 0,
+            recover,
+        }
     }
 
     pub fn log_tx(&mut self, tx: &LogRecord) -> Result<IOResult<()>> {
@@ -213,9 +216,17 @@ impl LogicalLog {
         self.offset = 0;
         Ok(IOResult::IO(IOCompletions::Single(c)))
     }
+
+    pub fn needs_recover(&self) -> bool {
+        self.recover
+    }
+
+    pub fn mark_recovered(&mut self) {
+        self.recover = false;
+    }
 }
 
-enum StreamingResult {
+pub enum StreamingResult {
     InsertRow { row: Row, rowid: RowID },
     DeleteRow { rowid: RowID },
     Eof,
@@ -230,7 +241,7 @@ enum StreamingState {
     },
 }
 
-struct StreamingLogicalLogReader {
+pub struct StreamingLogicalLogReader {
     file: Arc<dyn File>,
     /// Offset to read from file
     offset: usize,
@@ -436,38 +447,6 @@ impl StreamingLogicalLogReader {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn load_logical_log(
-    mv_store: &Arc<MvStore<LocalClock>>,
-    file: Arc<dyn File>,
-    io: &Arc<dyn crate::IO>,
-    pager: &Arc<Pager>,
-) -> Result<LogicalLog> {
-    let mut reader = StreamingLogicalLogReader::new(file.clone());
-
-    let c = reader.read_header()?;
-    io.wait_for_completion(c)?;
-    let tx_id = 0;
-    mv_store.begin_load_tx(pager.clone())?;
-    loop {
-        match reader.next_record(io).unwrap() {
-            StreamingResult::InsertRow { row, rowid } => {
-                tracing::trace!("read {rowid:?}");
-                mv_store.insert(tx_id, row)?;
-            }
-            StreamingResult::DeleteRow { rowid } => {
-                mv_store.delete(tx_id, rowid)?;
-            }
-            StreamingResult::Eof => {
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    mv_store.commit_load_tx(tx_id);
-
-    let logical_log = LogicalLog::new(file);
-    Ok(logical_log)
-}
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use std::{collections::HashSet, sync::Arc};
@@ -491,7 +470,7 @@ mod tests {
         OpenFlags, RefValue,
     };
 
-    use super::{load_logical_log, LogRecordType};
+    use super::LogRecordType;
 
     #[test]
     fn test_logical_log_read() {
@@ -517,7 +496,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         let file = io.open_file(log_file, OpenFlags::ReadOnly, false).unwrap();
         let mvcc_store = Arc::new(MvStore::new(LocalClock::new(), Storage::new(file.clone())));
-        load_logical_log(&mvcc_store, file, &io, &pager).unwrap();
+        mvcc_store.recover_logical_log(&io, &pager).unwrap();
         let tx = mvcc_store.begin_tx(pager.clone()).unwrap();
         let row = mvcc_store.read(tx, RowID::new(1, 1)).unwrap().unwrap();
         let record = ImmutableRecord::from_bin_record(row.data.clone());
@@ -559,7 +538,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         let file = io.open_file(log_file, OpenFlags::ReadOnly, false).unwrap();
         let mvcc_store = Arc::new(MvStore::new(LocalClock::new(), Storage::new(file.clone())));
-        load_logical_log(&mvcc_store, file, &io, &pager).unwrap();
+        mvcc_store.recover_logical_log(&io, &pager).unwrap();
         for (rowid, value) in &values {
             let tx = mvcc_store.begin_tx(pager.clone()).unwrap();
             let row = mvcc_store.read(tx, *rowid).unwrap().unwrap();
@@ -650,7 +629,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         let file = io.open_file(log_file, OpenFlags::ReadOnly, false).unwrap();
         let mvcc_store = Arc::new(MvStore::new(LocalClock::new(), Storage::new(file.clone())));
-        load_logical_log(&mvcc_store, file, &io, &pager).unwrap();
+        mvcc_store.recover_logical_log(&io, &pager).unwrap();
 
         // Check rowids that weren't deleted
         let tx = mvcc_store.begin_tx(pager.clone()).unwrap();
diff --git a/core/mvcc/persistent_storage/mod.rs b/core/mvcc/persistent_storage/mod.rs
index 58af1b849..0d5d2967f 100644
--- a/core/mvcc/persistent_storage/mod.rs
+++ b/core/mvcc/persistent_storage/mod.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
 
-mod logical_log;
+pub mod logical_log;
 use crate::mvcc::database::LogRecord;
 use crate::mvcc::persistent_storage::logical_log::LogicalLog;
 use crate::types::IOResult;
 use crate::{File, Result};
 
 pub struct Storage {
-    logical_log: RwLock<LogicalLog>,
+    pub logical_log: RwLock<LogicalLog>,
 }
 
 impl Storage {
@@ -35,6 +35,18 @@ impl Storage {
     pub fn truncate(&self) -> Result<IOResult<()>> {
         self.logical_log.write().unwrap().truncate()
     }
+
+    pub fn needs_recover(&self) -> bool {
+        self.logical_log.read().unwrap().needs_recover()
+    }
+
+    pub fn mark_recovered(&self) {
+        self.logical_log.write().unwrap().mark_recovered();
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_logical_log_file(&self) -> Arc<dyn File> {
+        self.logical_log.write().unwrap().file.clone()
+    }
 }
 
 impl Debug for Storage {