diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index c4ee5d8..06cab5b 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ use std::{
     boxed::Box,
     error::Error,
 };
-use tokio::sync::RwLock;
 use crate::{
     cli::Options,
     config::Config,
@@ -36,10 +35,10 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     dbg!(&config);
 
     #[cfg(feature = "sqlite")]
-    let mut sqlite_connection = RwLock::new(sqlite::connect(&config.database_path).await?);
+    let sqlite_connection = sqlite::connect(&config.database_path).await?;
 
     #[cfg(feature = "sqlite")]
-    sqlite::load_template(sqlite_connection.get_mut()).await?;
+    sqlite::load_template(&sqlite_connection).await?;
 
     Ok(())
 }
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diff --git a/src/sqlite/mod.rs b/src/sqlite/mod.rs
index 06e2738..edbbc00 100644
--- a/src/sqlite/mod.rs
+++ b/src/sqlite/mod.rs
@@ -1,23 +1,22 @@
 use std::path::PathBuf;
-use sqlx::{
-    prelude::*,
-    sqlite::{
-        SqliteConnection,
-        SqliteConnectOptions,
-        SqliteQueryResult,
-    },
+use sqlx::sqlite::{
+    SqlitePool,
+    SqliteConnectOptions,
+    SqliteQueryResult,
+    SqliteSynchronous,
 };
 
 /// Prepare sqlite database connection
-pub async fn connect(path: &PathBuf) -> sqlx::Result<SqliteConnection> {
+pub async fn connect(path: &PathBuf) -> sqlx::Result<SqlitePool> {
     let connect_options = SqliteConnectOptions::new()
         .filename(&path)
-        .create_if_missing(true);
-    SqliteConnection::connect_with(&connect_options).await
+        .create_if_missing(true)
+        .synchronous(SqliteSynchronous::Normal);
+    SqlitePool::connect_with(connect_options).await
 }
 
 /// Create tables from template
-pub async fn load_template(sqlite_handle: &mut SqliteConnection) -> sqlx::Result<SqliteQueryResult> {
+pub async fn load_template(sqlite_handle: &SqlitePool) -> sqlx::Result<SqliteQueryResult> {
     sqlx::query(concat!(
         include_str!("users.sql"),
         include_str!("security_preferences.sql"),