diff --git a/src/users.c b/src/users.c
index 2f6a789..147cbd8 100644
--- a/src/users.c
+++ b/src/users.c
@@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ static void open_users_db_or_die(sqlite3 **db) {
 	}
 	assert(db != NULL);
 	sqlite3_busy_timeout(*db, 5000);
-	rc = sqlite3_exec(db, create_sql, 0, 0, &err_msg);
+	rc = sqlite3_exec(*db, create_sql, 0, 0, &err_msg);
 	if (rc != SQLITE_OK) {
 		dolog("SQL error: %s", err_msg);
 		sqlite3_free(err_msg);
-		sqlite3_close(db);
+		sqlite3_close(*db);
 		exit(1);
 	}	
 }