diff --git a/directory/src/FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure/Persistence/Queries/Facade/DirectoryQueryDbContext.cs b/directory/src/FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure/Persistence/Queries/Facade/DirectoryQueryDbContext.cs
index c7c43d8f0..51ae21a3c 100644
--- a/directory/src/FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure/Persistence/Queries/Facade/DirectoryQueryDbContext.cs
+++ b/directory/src/FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure/Persistence/Queries/Facade/DirectoryQueryDbContext.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 using System;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure.Persistence.Queries.Entities;
 using FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure.Persistence.Queries.Mappings;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
@@ -19,6 +21,16 @@ public DirectoryQueryDbContext(DbContextOptions<DirectoryQueryDbContext> options
         public DbSet<Syntax> Syntaxes => Set<Syntax>();
         public DbSet<Tag> Tags => Set<Tag>();
 
+        public override int SaveChanges(bool acceptAllChangesOnSuccess)
+        {
+            throw new InvalidOperationException("This context is read-only.");
+        }
+
+        public override Task<int> SaveChangesAsync(bool acceptAllChangesOnSuccess, CancellationToken cancellationToken = new CancellationToken())
+        {
+            throw new InvalidOperationException("This context is read-only.");
+        }
+
         protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
         {
             _ = modelBuilder ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(modelBuilder));