diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 41923c2..5d8c8dc 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -8089,6 +8089,21 @@
             "integrity": "sha512-VE0SOVEHCk7Qc8ulkWw3ntAzXuqf7S2lvwQaDLRnUeIEaKNQJzV6BwmLKhOqT61aGhfUMrXeaBk+oDGCzvhcug==",
             "dev": true
         },
+        "sql-template-strings": {
+            "version": "2.2.2",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sql-template-strings/-/sql-template-strings-2.2.2.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha1-PxFQiiWt384hejBCqdMAwxk7lv8=",
+            "optional": true
+        },
+        "sqlite": {
+            "version": "3.0.3",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sqlite/-/sqlite-3.0.3.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-DpofdtBibbiOObtdADGZYE6bvnLpjRG4ut/MDTDau2nK40htOLj1E0c55aOkvbnRVqQ0ZPtjj7PJuKKyS0Ypww==",
+            "requires": {
+                "sql-template-strings": "^2.2.2",
+                "sqlite3": "^4.0.0"
+            }
+        },
         "sqlite3": {
             "version": "4.0.6",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sqlite3/-/sqlite3-4.0.6.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b76f378..2b82f0c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
         "request": "^2.88.0",
         "scribe-js": "^2.0.4",
         "serve-static": "^1.13.2",
+        "sqlite": "^3.0.3",
         "sqlite3": "^4.0.2"
     },
     "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/server/db/database.js b/server/db/database.js
index 6791326..79d69d6 100644
--- a/server/db/database.js
+++ b/server/db/database.js
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ async function applyMigrations(db) {
 }
 
 async function init() {
+    const sqlite = require('sqlite');
     const SQLite3 = require('sqlite3');
 
     const file = config.server.databaseFile;
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ async function init() {
 
     let db;
     try {
-        db = new SQLite3.Database(file);
+        db = await sqlite.open(file);
     }
     catch (error) {
         Logger.tag('database').error('Error initialzing database:', error);
@@ -72,7 +73,16 @@ async function init() {
         throw error;
     }
 
-    module.exports.db = db;
+    let legacyDB;
+    try {
+        legacyDB = new SQLite3.Database(file);
+    }
+    catch (error) {
+        Logger.tag('database').error('Error initialzing legacy database lib:', error);
+        throw error;
+    }
+
+    module.exports.db = legacyDB;
 }
 
 module.exports = {