diff --git a/src/api.c b/src/api.c
index cbf0ae8..812e5b1 100644
--- a/src/api.c
+++ b/src/api.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ VARDECL sqlite3 * connection = NULL;
 DECL int
 api_init(void)
 {
-	DBERR(sqlite3_open_v2(db, &connection, SQLITE_OPEN_READONLY, NULL));
+	DBERR(sqlite3_open_v2(db, &connection, SQLITE_OPEN_READWRITE, NULL));
 	// dont you fucking dare to remove this spacing
 	DBERR(stmt_prepare(remind_stmt));
 	DBERR(stmt_prepare(set_repo_stmt));