diff --git a/native/cpp/CommonCpp/NativeModules/InternalModules/GlobalDBSingleton.h b/native/cpp/CommonCpp/NativeModules/InternalModules/GlobalDBSingleton.h
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/cpp/CommonCpp/NativeModules/InternalModules/GlobalDBSingleton.h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../../Tools/WorkerThread.h"
+
+namespace comm {
+class GlobalDBSingleton {
+  std::unique_ptr<WorkerThread> databaseThread;
+
+public:
+  static GlobalDBSingleton instance;
+  void scheduleOrRun(const taskType task);
+  void enableMultithreading();
+};
+} // namespace comm
diff --git a/native/cpp/CommonCpp/NativeModules/InternalModules/GlobalDBSingleton.cpp b/native/cpp/CommonCpp/NativeModules/InternalModules/GlobalDBSingleton.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/cpp/CommonCpp/NativeModules/InternalModules/GlobalDBSingleton.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#include "GlobalDBSingleton.h"
+
+namespace comm {
+GlobalDBSingleton GlobalDBSingleton::instance;
+
+// Do not use the following API directly in native code on
+// iOS. Use GlobalDBSingletonIOSProxy instead, which takes
+// care of synchronization. On Android we decided to enable
+// multithreading from the start of the app, so synchronization
+// is not an issue
+
+void GlobalDBSingleton::scheduleOrRun(const taskType task) {
+  if (this->databaseThread != nullptr) {
+    this->databaseThread->scheduleTask(task);
+    return;
+  }
+  task();
+}
+
+void GlobalDBSingleton::enableMultithreading() {
+  if (this->databaseThread == nullptr) {
+    this->databaseThread = std::make_unique<WorkerThread>("database");
+  }
+}
+} // namespace comm
diff --git a/native/ios/Comm.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/native/ios/Comm.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
--- a/native/ios/Comm.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/native/ios/Comm.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
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