diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-lens/internal/blobovnicza/tui.go b/cmd/frostfs-lens/internal/blobovnicza/tui.go
index eb4a5ff59..4aa281616 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-lens/internal/blobovnicza/tui.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-lens/internal/blobovnicza/tui.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-lens/internal/tui"
 	"github.com/rivo/tview"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"go.etcd.io/bbolt"
 )
 
 var tuiCMD = &cobra.Command{
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ func tuiFunc(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 }
 
 func runTUI(cmd *cobra.Command) error {
-	db, err := openDB(false)
+	db, err := tui.OpenDB(vPath, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("couldn't open database: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -67,13 +66,3 @@ func runTUI(cmd *cobra.Command) error {
 	app.SetRoot(ui, true).SetFocus(ui)
 	return app.Run()
 }
-
-func openDB(writable bool) (*bbolt.DB, error) {
-	db, err := bbolt.Open(vPath, 0o600, &bbolt.Options{
-		ReadOnly: !writable,
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return db, nil
-}
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-lens/internal/meta/tui.go b/cmd/frostfs-lens/internal/meta/tui.go
index 00e8bf117..5a41f945c 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-lens/internal/meta/tui.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-lens/internal/meta/tui.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-lens/internal/tui"
 	"github.com/rivo/tview"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"go.etcd.io/bbolt"
 )
 
 var tuiCMD = &cobra.Command{
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ func tuiFunc(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 }
 
 func runTUI(cmd *cobra.Command) error {
-	db, err := openDB(false)
+	db, err := tui.OpenDB(vPath, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("couldn't open database: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -70,13 +69,3 @@ func runTUI(cmd *cobra.Command) error {
 	app.SetRoot(ui, true).SetFocus(ui)
 	return app.Run()
 }
-
-func openDB(writable bool) (*bbolt.DB, error) {
-	db, err := bbolt.Open(vPath, 0o600, &bbolt.Options{
-		ReadOnly: !writable,
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return db, nil
-}
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-lens/internal/tui/util.go b/cmd/frostfs-lens/internal/tui/util.go
index d4e13b2a9..2d1ab3e33 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-lens/internal/tui/util.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-lens/internal/tui/util.go
@@ -3,12 +3,25 @@ package tui
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	cid "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/container/id"
 	oid "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/object/id"
 	"github.com/mr-tron/base58"
+	"go.etcd.io/bbolt"
 )
 
+func OpenDB(path string, writable bool) (*bbolt.DB, error) {
+	db, err := bbolt.Open(path, 0o600, &bbolt.Options{
+		ReadOnly: !writable,
+		Timeout:  100 * time.Millisecond,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return db, nil
+}
+
 func CIDParser(s string) (any, error) {
 	data, err := base58.Decode(s)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-lens/internal/writecache/tui.go b/cmd/frostfs-lens/internal/writecache/tui.go
index 6b7532b08..b7e4d7c96 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-lens/internal/writecache/tui.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-lens/internal/writecache/tui.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-lens/internal/tui"
 	"github.com/rivo/tview"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"go.etcd.io/bbolt"
 )
 
 var tuiCMD = &cobra.Command{
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ func tuiFunc(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 }
 
 func runTUI(cmd *cobra.Command) error {
-	db, err := openDB(false)
+	db, err := tui.OpenDB(vPath, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("couldn't open database: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -67,13 +66,3 @@ func runTUI(cmd *cobra.Command) error {
 	app.SetRoot(ui, true).SetFocus(ui)
 	return app.Run()
 }
-
-func openDB(writable bool) (*bbolt.DB, error) {
-	db, err := bbolt.Open(vPath, 0o600, &bbolt.Options{
-		ReadOnly: !writable,
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return db, nil
-}