diff --git a/src/database.cpp b/src/database.cpp
index 284760a31..571a24bba 100644
--- a/src/database.cpp
+++ b/src/database.cpp
@@ -51,17 +51,6 @@ void RProgressBarDisplay::Finish() {
 	Update(100);
 }
 
-static void SetDefaultConfigArguments(ClientContext &context) {
-  auto progress_display = Rf_GetOption(RStrings::get().progress_display_sym, R_BaseEnv);
-  if (Rf_isFunction(progress_display)) {
-    auto &config = ClientConfig::GetConfig(context);
-    config.enable_progress_bar = true;
-  }
-
-  // Set the function used to create the display for the progress bar
-  context.config.display_create_func = RProgressBarDisplay::Create;
-}
-
 [[cpp11::register]] duckdb::db_eptr_t rapi_startup(std::string dbdir, bool readonly, cpp11::list configsexp, bool environment_scan) {
 	const char *dbdirchar;
 
@@ -102,6 +91,14 @@ static void SetDefaultConfigArguments(ClientContext &context) {
 			data2->wrapper = wrapper;
 			config.replacement_scans.emplace_back(EnvironmentScanReplacement, std::move(data2));
 		}
+
+		// Set progress bar configuration on the main database config
+		auto progress_display = Rf_GetOption(RStrings::get().progress_display_sym, R_BaseEnv);
+		if (Rf_isFunction(progress_display)) {
+			config.enable_progress_bar = true;
+		}
+		config.display_create_func = RProgressBarDisplay::Create;
+
 		wrapper->db = make_uniq<DuckDB>(dbdirchar, &config);
 
 		auto &instance = *wrapper->db->instance;
@@ -122,7 +119,7 @@ static void SetDefaultConfigArguments(ClientContext &context) {
 	CreateTableFunctionInfo info(scan_fun);
 	Connection conn(*wrapper->db);
 	auto &context = *conn.context;
-	SetDefaultConfigArguments(context);
+	
 	auto &catalog = Catalog::GetSystemCatalog(context);
 	context.transaction.BeginTransaction();