diff --git a/src/db.rs b/src/db.rs
index 367a942..194f2bb 100644
--- a/src/db.rs
+++ b/src/db.rs
@@ -22,11 +22,7 @@ pub async fn open<T: AsRef<str>>(path: T) -> Result<SqlitePool, String> {
 
 pub async fn new<T: AsRef<str>>(path: T) -> Result<SqlitePool, String> {
     std::fs::File::create_new(path.as_ref()).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
-    let db_url = format!("sqlite://{}", path.as_ref());
-
-    SqlitePool::connect(&db_url)
-        .await
-        .map_err(|e| e.to_string())
+    open(path).await
 }
 
 pub async fn import_scripts(pool: &SqlitePool, scripts: Vec<Script>) -> Result<(), String> {