diff --git a/letta/orm/message.py b/letta/orm/message.py
index 753fa657..dacadd6c 100644
--- a/letta/orm/message.py
+++ b/letta/orm/message.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 from typing import List, Optional
 
 from openai.types.chat.chat_completion_message_tool_call import ChatCompletionMessageToolCall as OpenAIToolCall
-from sqlalchemy import BigInteger, ForeignKey, Index, Sequence
-from sqlalchemy.orm import Mapped, mapped_column, relationship
+from sqlalchemy import BigInteger, ForeignKey, Index, Sequence, event, text
+from sqlalchemy.orm import Mapped, Session, mapped_column, relationship
 
 from letta.orm.custom_columns import MessageContentColumn, ToolCallColumn, ToolReturnColumn
 from letta.orm.mixins import AgentMixin, OrganizationMixin
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from letta.schemas.letta_message_content import MessageContent
 from letta.schemas.letta_message_content import TextContent as PydanticTextContent
 from letta.schemas.message import Message as PydanticMessage
 from letta.schemas.message import ToolReturn
+from letta.settings import settings
 
 
 class Message(SqlalchemyBase, OrganizationMixin, AgentMixin):
@@ -42,9 +43,7 @@ class Message(SqlalchemyBase, OrganizationMixin, AgentMixin):
     group_id: Mapped[Optional[str]] = mapped_column(nullable=True, doc="The multi-agent group that the message was sent in")
 
     # Monotonically increasing sequence for efficient/correct listing
-    sequence_id: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(
-        BigInteger, Sequence("message_seq_id"), unique=True, nullable=False, doc="Global monotonically increasing ID"
-    )
+    sequence_id = mapped_column(BigInteger, Sequence("message_seq_id"), unique=True, nullable=False)
 
     # Relationships
     agent: Mapped["Agent"] = relationship("Agent", back_populates="messages", lazy="selectin")
@@ -67,3 +66,21 @@ class Message(SqlalchemyBase, OrganizationMixin, AgentMixin):
         if self.text and not model.content:
             model.content = [PydanticTextContent(text=self.text)]
         return model
+
+
+# listener
+
+
+@event.listens_for(Message, "before_insert")
+def set_sequence_id_for_sqlite(mapper, connection, target):
+    # TODO: Kind of hacky, used to detect if we are using sqlite or not
+    if not settings.pg_uri:
+        session = Session.object_session(target)
+
+        if not hasattr(session, "_sequence_id_counter"):
+            # Initialize counter for this flush
+            max_seq = connection.scalar(text("SELECT MAX(sequence_id) FROM messages"))
+            session._sequence_id_counter = max_seq or 0
+
+        session._sequence_id_counter += 1
+        target.sequence_id = session._sequence_id_counter
diff --git a/tests/integration_test_experimental.py b/tests/integration_test_experimental.py
index 1ca45ec1..71268b21 100644
--- a/tests/integration_test_experimental.py
+++ b/tests/integration_test_experimental.py
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ def test_create_agents_telemetry(client: Letta):
     print(f"[telemetry] Deleted {len(workers)} existing worker agents in {end_delete - start_delete:.2f}s")
 
     # create worker agents
-    num_workers = 100
+    num_workers = 1
     agent_times = []
     for idx in range(num_workers):
         start = time.perf_counter()