diff --git a/android/engine/src/main/java/org/smartregister/fhircore/engine/di/FhirEngineModule.kt b/android/engine/src/main/java/org/smartregister/fhircore/engine/di/FhirEngineModule.kt
index f39ef440b6..2b6afdaab7 100644
--- a/android/engine/src/main/java/org/smartregister/fhircore/engine/di/FhirEngineModule.kt
+++ b/android/engine/src/main/java/org/smartregister/fhircore/engine/di/FhirEngineModule.kt
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class FhirEngineModule {
     FhirEngineProvider.init(
       FhirEngineConfiguration(
         enableEncryptionIfSupported = !BuildConfig.DEBUG,
-        databaseErrorStrategy = DatabaseErrorStrategy.UNSPECIFIED,
+        databaseErrorStrategy = DatabaseErrorStrategy.RECREATE_AT_OPEN,
         ServerConfiguration(
           baseUrl = configService.provideAuthConfiguration().fhirServerBaseUrl,
           authenticator = tokenAuthenticator,
diff --git a/android/engine/src/main/java/org/smartregister/fhircore/engine/util/SecureSharedPreference.kt b/android/engine/src/main/java/org/smartregister/fhircore/engine/util/SecureSharedPreference.kt
index 0a237208b7..9fcdc526e8 100644
--- a/android/engine/src/main/java/org/smartregister/fhircore/engine/util/SecureSharedPreference.kt
+++ b/android/engine/src/main/java/org/smartregister/fhircore/engine/util/SecureSharedPreference.kt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.smartregister.fhircore.engine.util
 
 import android.content.Context
+import android.content.SharedPreferences
 import androidx.core.content.edit
 import androidx.security.crypto.EncryptedSharedPreferences
 import androidx.security.crypto.MasterKey
@@ -34,8 +35,20 @@ import org.smartregister.fhircore.engine.util.extension.encodeJson
 
 @Singleton
 class SecureSharedPreference @Inject constructor(@ApplicationContext val context: Context) {
+  private val secureSharedPreferences: SharedPreferences by lazy {
+    initEncryptedSharedPreferences()
+  }
+
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  fun initEncryptedSharedPreferences() =
+    runCatching { createEncryptedSharedPreferences() }
+      .getOrElse {
+        resetSharedPrefs()
+        createEncryptedSharedPreferences()
+      }
 
-  private val secureSharedPreferences =
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  fun createEncryptedSharedPreferences() =
     EncryptedSharedPreferences.create(
       context,
       SECURE_STORAGE_FILE_NAME,
diff --git a/android/engine/src/test/java/org/smartregister/fhircore/engine/util/SecureSharedPreferenceTest.kt b/android/engine/src/test/java/org/smartregister/fhircore/engine/util/SecureSharedPreferenceTest.kt
index eb0a10a63a..b015f3464c 100644
--- a/android/engine/src/test/java/org/smartregister/fhircore/engine/util/SecureSharedPreferenceTest.kt
+++ b/android/engine/src/test/java/org/smartregister/fhircore/engine/util/SecureSharedPreferenceTest.kt
@@ -48,6 +48,34 @@ internal class SecureSharedPreferenceTest : RobolectricTest() {
     secureSharedPreference = spyk(SecureSharedPreference(application))
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun testInitEncryptedSharedPreferences() {
+    val result = secureSharedPreference.initEncryptedSharedPreferences()
+    Assert.assertNotNull(result)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun testInitEncryptedSharedPreferencesHandlesException() {
+    every { secureSharedPreference.createEncryptedSharedPreferences() } throws
+      RuntimeException("Exception") andThenAnswer
+      {
+        callOriginal()
+      }
+
+    val result = secureSharedPreference.initEncryptedSharedPreferences()
+
+    Assert.assertNotNull(result)
+
+    verify(exactly = 2) { secureSharedPreference.createEncryptedSharedPreferences() }
+    verify(exactly = 1) { secureSharedPreference.resetSharedPrefs() }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun testCreateEncryptedSharedPreferences() {
+    val result = secureSharedPreference.createEncryptedSharedPreferences()
+    Assert.assertNotNull(result)
+  }
+
   @Test
   fun testSaveCredentialsAndRetrieveSessionToken() {
     secureSharedPreference.saveCredentials(username = "userName", password = "!@#$".toCharArray())
diff --git a/android/quest/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/android/quest/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index ff169b7773..2c2d7676f4 100644
--- a/android/quest/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/android/quest/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -20,8 +20,11 @@
         android:theme="@style/AppTheme.NoActionBar"
         android:usesCleartextTraffic="false"
         android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize"
+        android:allowBackup="false"
+        android:fullBackupContent="false"
+        android:dataExtractionRules="@xml/data_extraction_rules"
         tools:ignore="UnusedAttribute,LockedOrientationActivity"
-        tools:replace="android:theme">
+        tools:replace="android:allowBackup,android:theme">
         <profileable
             android:shell="true"
             tools:targetApi="29" />
diff --git a/android/quest/src/main/res/xml/data_extraction_rules.xml b/android/quest/src/main/res/xml/data_extraction_rules.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..805fc3affa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/quest/src/main/res/xml/data_extraction_rules.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<data-extraction-rules>
+    <cloud-backup>
+        <exclude domain="root" path="." />
+        <exclude domain="file" path="." />
+        <exclude domain="database" path="." />
+        <exclude domain="sharedpref" path="." />
+        <exclude domain="external" path="." />
+    </cloud-backup>
+    <device-transfer>
+        <exclude domain="root" path="." />
+        <exclude domain="file" path="." />
+        <exclude domain="database" path="." />
+        <exclude domain="sharedpref" path="." />
+        <exclude domain="external" path="." />
+    </device-transfer>
+</data-extraction-rules>