diff --git a/Articles/Sources/Articles/DatabaseID.swift b/Articles/Sources/Articles/DatabaseID.swift
index 1decef9b8..8ba9b667e 100644
--- a/Articles/Sources/Articles/DatabaseID.swift
+++ b/Articles/Sources/Articles/DatabaseID.swift
@@ -14,28 +14,22 @@ final class DatabaseIDCache: Sendable {
 
 	static let shared = DatabaseIDCache()
 
-	private let _databaseIDCache = OSAllocatedUnfairLock(initialState: [String: String]())
-	private var databaseIDCache: [String: String] {
-		get {
-			_databaseIDCache.withLock { $0 }
-		}
-		set {
-			_databaseIDCache.withLock { $0 = newValue }
-		}
-	}
+	private let databaseIDCache = OSAllocatedUnfairLock(initialState: [String: String]())
 
 	/// Generates — or retrieves from cache — a database-suitable ID based on a String.
 	func databaseIDWithString(_ s: String) -> String {
 
-		if let identifier = databaseIDCache[s] {
+		databaseIDCache.withLock { cache in
+			if let identifier = cache[s] {
+				return identifier
+			}
+
+			// MD5 works because:
+			// * It’s fast
+			// * Collisions aren’t going to happen with feed data
+			let identifier = s.md5String
+			cache[s] = identifier
 			return identifier
 		}
-
-		// MD5 works because:
-		// * It’s fast
-		// * Collisions aren’t going to happen with feed data
-		let identifier = s.md5String
-		databaseIDCache[s] = identifier
-		return identifier
 	}
 }