diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a64b111d..48c5b253 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ test:
 
 postgres:
   stage: test
-  script: deno task db:migrate && deno task test
+  script: sleep 1 && deno task test
   services:
     - postgres:16
   variables:
     DITTO_NSEC: nsec1zyg3zyg3zyg3zyg3zyg3zyg3zyg3zyg3zyg3zyg3zyg3zyg3zygs4rm7hz
-    DATABASE_URL: postgres://postgres:postgres@postgres:5432/postgres
+    TEST_DATABASE_URL: postgres://postgres:postgres@postgres:5432/postgres
     POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD: trust
diff --git a/scripts/admin-event.ts b/scripts/admin-event.ts
index 71c957f4..313aa051 100644
--- a/scripts/admin-event.ts
+++ b/scripts/admin-event.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import { nostrNow } from '@/utils.ts';
 
 const signer = new AdminSigner();
 
-const db = await DittoDB.getInstance();
-const eventsDB = new EventsDB(db);
+const { kysely } = await DittoDB.getInstance();
+const eventsDB = new EventsDB(kysely);
 
 const readable = Deno.stdin.readable
   .pipeThrough(new TextDecoderStream())
diff --git a/scripts/admin-role.ts b/scripts/admin-role.ts
index 3f3c53f2..99986817 100644
--- a/scripts/admin-role.ts
+++ b/scripts/admin-role.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import { AdminSigner } from '@/signers/AdminSigner.ts';
 import { EventsDB } from '@/storages/EventsDB.ts';
 import { nostrNow } from '@/utils.ts';
 
-const db = await DittoDB.getInstance();
-const eventsDB = new EventsDB(db);
+const { kysely } = await DittoDB.getInstance();
+const eventsDB = new EventsDB(kysely);
 
 const [pubkeyOrNpub, role] = Deno.args;
 const pubkey = pubkeyOrNpub.startsWith('npub1') ? nip19.decode(pubkeyOrNpub as `npub1${string}`).data : pubkeyOrNpub;
diff --git a/scripts/db-migrate.ts b/scripts/db-migrate.ts
index ab0b9747..0e1d694d 100644
--- a/scripts/db-migrate.ts
+++ b/scripts/db-migrate.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,4 @@
-import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
 import { DittoDB } from '@/db/DittoDB.ts';
-import { sleep } from '@/test.ts';
-
-if (Deno.env.get('CI') && Conf.db.dialect === 'postgres') {
-  console.info('Waiting 1 second for postgres to start...');
-  await sleep(1_000);
-}
 
 // This migrates kysely internally.
 const { kysely } = await DittoDB.getInstance();
diff --git a/scripts/nostr-pull.ts b/scripts/nostr-pull.ts
index 0556b64a..4b9d51db 100644
--- a/scripts/nostr-pull.ts
+++ b/scripts/nostr-pull.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import { nip19 } from 'nostr-tools';
 import { DittoDB } from '@/db/DittoDB.ts';
 import { EventsDB } from '@/storages/EventsDB.ts';
 
-const db = await DittoDB.getInstance();
-const eventsDB = new EventsDB(db);
+const { kysely } = await DittoDB.getInstance();
+const eventsDB = new EventsDB(kysely);
 
 interface ImportEventsOpts {
   profilesOnly: boolean;
diff --git a/scripts/stats-recompute.ts b/scripts/stats-recompute.ts
index 107a3167..7d6f721f 100644
--- a/scripts/stats-recompute.ts
+++ b/scripts/stats-recompute.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ try {
 }
 
 const store = await Storages.db();
-const kysely = await DittoDB.getInstance();
+const { kysely } = await DittoDB.getInstance();
 
 await refreshAuthorStats({ pubkey, kysely, store });
diff --git a/src/controllers/api/oauth.ts b/src/controllers/api/oauth.ts
index 01f80bf1..a736f5ca 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/oauth.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/oauth.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ const createTokenController: AppController = async (c) => {
 async function getToken(
   { pubkey, secret, relays = [] }: { pubkey: string; secret?: string; relays?: string[] },
 ): Promise<`token1${string}`> {
-  const kysely = await DittoDB.getInstance();
+  const { kysely } = await DittoDB.getInstance();
   const token = generateToken();
 
   const serverSeckey = generateSecretKey();
diff --git a/src/controllers/api/statuses.ts b/src/controllers/api/statuses.ts
index 4236db52..05b5022c 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/statuses.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/statuses.ts
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ const zappedByController: AppController = async (c) => {
   const id = c.req.param('id');
   const params = c.get('listPagination');
   const store = await Storages.db();
-  const kysely = await DittoDB.getInstance();
+  const { kysely } = await DittoDB.getInstance();
 
   const zaps = await kysely.selectFrom('event_zaps')
     .selectAll()
diff --git a/src/controllers/api/streaming.ts b/src/controllers/api/streaming.ts
index f70a6b06..047aa573 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/streaming.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/streaming.ts
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ async function topicToFilter(
 
 async function getTokenPubkey(token: string): Promise<string | undefined> {
   if (token.startsWith('token1')) {
-    const kysely = await DittoDB.getInstance();
+    const { kysely } = await DittoDB.getInstance();
 
     const { user_pubkey } = await kysely
       .selectFrom('nip46_tokens')
diff --git a/src/controllers/metrics.ts b/src/controllers/metrics.ts
index e85294c0..e25522ff 100644
--- a/src/controllers/metrics.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/metrics.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ import { dbAvailableConnectionsGauge, dbPoolSizeGauge } from '@/metrics.ts';
 
 /** Prometheus/OpenMetrics controller. */
 export const metricsController: AppController = async (c) => {
+  const db = await DittoDB.getInstance();
+
   // Update some metrics at request time.
-  dbPoolSizeGauge.set(DittoDB.poolSize);
-  dbAvailableConnectionsGauge.set(DittoDB.availableConnections);
+  dbPoolSizeGauge.set(db.poolSize);
+  dbAvailableConnectionsGauge.set(db.availableConnections);
 
   const metrics = await register.metrics();
 
diff --git a/src/db/DittoDB.ts b/src/db/DittoDB.ts
index 03638a98..63d2bfb1 100644
--- a/src/db/DittoDB.ts
+++ b/src/db/DittoDB.ts
@@ -6,57 +6,35 @@ import { FileMigrationProvider, Kysely, Migrator } from 'kysely';
 import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
 import { DittoPglite } from '@/db/adapters/DittoPglite.ts';
 import { DittoPostgres } from '@/db/adapters/DittoPostgres.ts';
+import { DittoDatabase, DittoDatabaseOpts } from '@/db/DittoDatabase.ts';
 import { DittoTables } from '@/db/DittoTables.ts';
 
 export class DittoDB {
-  private static kysely: Promise<Kysely<DittoTables>> | undefined;
+  private static db: DittoDatabase | undefined;
 
-  static getInstance(): Promise<Kysely<DittoTables>> {
-    if (!this.kysely) {
-      this.kysely = this._getInstance();
+  /** Create (and migrate) the database if it isn't been already, or return the existing connection. */
+  static async getInstance(): Promise<DittoDatabase> {
+    if (!this.db) {
+      this.db = this.create(Conf.databaseUrl, { poolSize: Conf.pg.poolSize });
+      await this.migrate(this.db.kysely);
     }
-    return this.kysely;
+    return this.db;
   }
 
-  static async _getInstance(): Promise<Kysely<DittoTables>> {
-    const { protocol } = new URL(Conf.databaseUrl);
-
-    let kysely: Kysely<DittoTables>;
+  /** Open a new database connection. */
+  static create(databaseUrl: string, opts?: DittoDatabaseOpts): DittoDatabase {
+    const { protocol } = new URL(databaseUrl);
 
     switch (protocol) {
       case 'file:':
       case 'memory:':
-        kysely = await DittoPglite.getInstance();
-        break;
+        return DittoPglite.create(databaseUrl);
       case 'postgres:':
       case 'postgresql:':
-        kysely = await DittoPostgres.getInstance();
-        break;
+        return DittoPostgres.create(databaseUrl, opts);
       default:
         throw new Error('Unsupported database URL.');
     }
-
-    await this.migrate(kysely);
-
-    return kysely;
-  }
-
-  static get poolSize(): number {
-    const { protocol } = new URL(Conf.databaseUrl);
-
-    if (['postgres:', 'postgresql:'].includes(protocol)) {
-      return DittoPostgres.poolSize;
-    }
-    return 1;
-  }
-
-  static get availableConnections(): number {
-    const { protocol } = new URL(Conf.databaseUrl);
-
-    if (['postgres:', 'postgresql:'].includes(protocol)) {
-      return DittoPostgres.availableConnections;
-    }
-    return 1;
   }
 
   /** Migrate the database to the latest version. */
diff --git a/src/db/DittoDatabase.ts b/src/db/DittoDatabase.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..530d9391
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/db/DittoDatabase.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { Kysely } from 'kysely';
+
+import { DittoTables } from '@/db/DittoTables.ts';
+
+export interface DittoDatabase {
+  readonly kysely: Kysely<DittoTables>;
+  readonly poolSize: number;
+  readonly availableConnections: number;
+}
+
+export interface DittoDatabaseOpts {
+  poolSize?: number;
+}
diff --git a/src/db/adapters/DittoPglite.ts b/src/db/adapters/DittoPglite.ts
index 80ea6087..4ec7d8a5 100644
--- a/src/db/adapters/DittoPglite.ts
+++ b/src/db/adapters/DittoPglite.ts
@@ -2,32 +2,23 @@ import { PGlite } from '@electric-sql/pglite';
 import { PgliteDialect } from '@soapbox/kysely-pglite';
 import { Kysely } from 'kysely';
 
-import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
+import { DittoDatabase } from '@/db/DittoDatabase.ts';
 import { DittoTables } from '@/db/DittoTables.ts';
 import { KyselyLogger } from '@/db/KyselyLogger.ts';
 
 export class DittoPglite {
-  static db: Kysely<DittoTables> | undefined;
+  static create(databaseUrl: string): DittoDatabase {
+    const kysely = new Kysely<DittoTables>({
+      dialect: new PgliteDialect({
+        database: new PGlite(databaseUrl),
+      }),
+      log: KyselyLogger,
+    });
 
-  // deno-lint-ignore require-await
-  static async getInstance(): Promise<Kysely<DittoTables>> {
-    if (!this.db) {
-      this.db = new Kysely<DittoTables>({
-        dialect: new PgliteDialect({
-          database: new PGlite(Conf.databaseUrl),
-        }),
-        log: KyselyLogger,
-      }) as Kysely<DittoTables>;
-    }
-
-    return this.db;
-  }
-
-  static get poolSize() {
-    return 1;
-  }
-
-  static get availableConnections(): number {
-    return 1;
+    return {
+      kysely,
+      poolSize: 1,
+      availableConnections: 1,
+    };
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/db/adapters/DittoPostgres.ts b/src/db/adapters/DittoPostgres.ts
index b0a6c93a..f1a5bcc9 100644
--- a/src/db/adapters/DittoPostgres.ts
+++ b/src/db/adapters/DittoPostgres.ts
@@ -12,51 +12,43 @@ import {
 import { PostgresJSDialectConfig, PostgresJSDriver } from 'kysely-postgres-js';
 import postgres from 'postgres';
 
-import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
+import { DittoDatabase, DittoDatabaseOpts } from '@/db/DittoDatabase.ts';
 import { DittoTables } from '@/db/DittoTables.ts';
 import { KyselyLogger } from '@/db/KyselyLogger.ts';
 
 export class DittoPostgres {
-  static kysely: Kysely<DittoTables> | undefined;
-  static postgres?: postgres.Sql;
+  static create(databaseUrl: string, opts?: DittoDatabaseOpts): DittoDatabase {
+    const pg = postgres(databaseUrl, { max: opts?.poolSize });
 
-  // deno-lint-ignore require-await
-  static async getInstance(): Promise<Kysely<DittoTables>> {
-    if (!this.postgres) {
-      this.postgres = postgres(Conf.databaseUrl, { max: Conf.pg.poolSize });
-    }
-
-    if (!this.kysely) {
-      this.kysely = new Kysely<DittoTables>({
-        dialect: {
-          createAdapter() {
-            return new PostgresAdapter();
-          },
-          createDriver() {
-            return new PostgresJSDriver({
-              postgres: DittoPostgres.postgres as unknown as PostgresJSDialectConfig['postgres'],
-            });
-          },
-          createIntrospector(db) {
-            return new PostgresIntrospector(db);
-          },
-          createQueryCompiler() {
-            return new DittoPostgresQueryCompiler();
-          },
+    const kysely = new Kysely<DittoTables>({
+      dialect: {
+        createAdapter() {
+          return new PostgresAdapter();
         },
-        log: KyselyLogger,
-      });
-    }
+        createDriver() {
+          return new PostgresJSDriver({
+            postgres: pg as unknown as PostgresJSDialectConfig['postgres'],
+          });
+        },
+        createIntrospector(db) {
+          return new PostgresIntrospector(db);
+        },
+        createQueryCompiler() {
+          return new DittoPostgresQueryCompiler();
+        },
+      },
+      log: KyselyLogger,
+    });
 
-    return this.kysely;
-  }
-
-  static get poolSize() {
-    return this.postgres?.connections.open ?? 0;
-  }
-
-  static get availableConnections(): number {
-    return this.postgres?.connections.idle ?? 0;
+    return {
+      kysely,
+      get poolSize() {
+        return pg.connections.open;
+      },
+      get availableConnections() {
+        return pg.connections.idle;
+      },
+    };
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/db/migrations/020_pgfts.ts b/src/db/migrations/020_pgfts.ts
index 835de117..26e320ec 100644
--- a/src/db/migrations/020_pgfts.ts
+++ b/src/db/migrations/020_pgfts.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,13 @@
 import { Kysely, sql } from 'kysely';
 
-import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
-
 export async function up(db: Kysely<any>): Promise<void> {
-  if (Conf.db.dialect === 'postgres') {
-    await db.schema.createTable('nostr_pgfts')
-      .ifNotExists()
-      .addColumn('event_id', 'text', (c) => c.primaryKey().references('nostr_events.id').onDelete('cascade'))
-      .addColumn('search_vec', sql`tsvector`, (c) => c.notNull())
-      .execute();
-  }
+  await db.schema.createTable('nostr_pgfts')
+    .ifNotExists()
+    .addColumn('event_id', 'text', (c) => c.primaryKey().references('nostr_events.id').onDelete('cascade'))
+    .addColumn('search_vec', sql`tsvector`, (c) => c.notNull())
+    .execute();
 }
 
 export async function down(db: Kysely<any>): Promise<void> {
-  if (Conf.db.dialect === 'postgres') {
-    await db.schema.dropTable('nostr_pgfts').ifExists().execute();
-  }
+  await db.schema.dropTable('nostr_pgfts').ifExists().execute();
 }
diff --git a/src/db/migrations/021_pgfts_index.ts b/src/db/migrations/021_pgfts_index.ts
index 4b834995..7ad24546 100644
--- a/src/db/migrations/021_pgfts_index.ts
+++ b/src/db/migrations/021_pgfts_index.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,15 @@
 import { Kysely } from 'kysely';
 
-import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
-
 export async function up(db: Kysely<any>): Promise<void> {
-  if (Conf.db.dialect === 'postgres') {
-    await db.schema
-      .createIndex('nostr_pgfts_gin_search_vec')
-      .ifNotExists()
-      .on('nostr_pgfts')
-      .using('gin')
-      .column('search_vec')
-      .execute();
-  }
+  await db.schema
+    .createIndex('nostr_pgfts_gin_search_vec')
+    .ifNotExists()
+    .on('nostr_pgfts')
+    .using('gin')
+    .column('search_vec')
+    .execute();
 }
 
 export async function down(db: Kysely<any>): Promise<void> {
-  if (Conf.db.dialect === 'postgres') {
-    await db.schema.dropIndex('nostr_pgfts_gin_search_vec').ifExists().execute();
-  }
+  await db.schema.dropIndex('nostr_pgfts_gin_search_vec').ifExists().execute();
 }
diff --git a/src/db/migrations/030_pg_events_jsonb.ts b/src/db/migrations/030_pg_events_jsonb.ts
index 7bfc6c17..dcd6ad85 100644
--- a/src/db/migrations/030_pg_events_jsonb.ts
+++ b/src/db/migrations/030_pg_events_jsonb.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 import { Kysely, sql } from 'kysely';
 
-import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
-
 export async function up(db: Kysely<any>): Promise<void> {
-  if (Conf.db.dialect !== 'postgres') return;
-
   // Create new table and indexes.
   await db.schema
     .createTable('nostr_events_new')
diff --git a/src/middleware/signerMiddleware.ts b/src/middleware/signerMiddleware.ts
index 89a494c4..60826db9 100644
--- a/src/middleware/signerMiddleware.ts
+++ b/src/middleware/signerMiddleware.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export const signerMiddleware: AppMiddleware = async (c, next) => {
 
     if (bech32.startsWith('token1')) {
       try {
-        const kysely = await DittoDB.getInstance();
+        const { kysely } = await DittoDB.getInstance();
 
         const { user_pubkey, server_seckey, relays } = await kysely
           .selectFrom('nip46_tokens')
diff --git a/src/pipeline.test.ts b/src/pipeline.test.ts
index 2af2b8c3..76b1fe51 100644
--- a/src/pipeline.test.ts
+++ b/src/pipeline.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { assertEquals } from '@std/assert';
 import { generateSecretKey } from 'nostr-tools';
 
-import { createTestDB, genEvent, getTestDB } from '@/test.ts';
+import { createTestDB, genEvent } from '@/test.ts';
 import { handleZaps } from '@/pipeline.ts';
 
 Deno.test('store one zap receipt in nostr_events; convert it into event_zaps table format and store it', async () => {
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Deno.test('store one zap receipt in nostr_events; convert it into event_zaps tab
 // If no error happens = ok
 
 Deno.test('zap receipt does not have a "description" tag', async () => {
-  await using db = await getTestDB();
+  await using db = await createTestDB();
   const kysely = db.kysely;
 
   const sk = generateSecretKey();
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Deno.test('zap receipt does not have a "description" tag', async () => {
 });
 
 Deno.test('zap receipt does not have a zap request stringified value in the "description" tag', async () => {
-  await using db = await getTestDB();
+  await using db = await createTestDB();
   const kysely = db.kysely;
 
   const sk = generateSecretKey();
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ Deno.test('zap receipt does not have a zap request stringified value in the "des
 });
 
 Deno.test('zap receipt does not have a "bolt11" tag', async () => {
-  await using db = await getTestDB();
+  await using db = await createTestDB();
   const kysely = db.kysely;
 
   const sk = generateSecretKey();
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ Deno.test('zap receipt does not have a "bolt11" tag', async () => {
 });
 
 Deno.test('zap request inside zap receipt does not have an "e" tag', async () => {
-  await using db = await getTestDB();
+  await using db = await createTestDB();
   const kysely = db.kysely;
 
   const sk = generateSecretKey();
diff --git a/src/pipeline.ts b/src/pipeline.ts
index ceb370ca..dd59cb8d 100644
--- a/src/pipeline.ts
+++ b/src/pipeline.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ async function handleEvent(event: DittoEvent, signal: AbortSignal): Promise<void
     throw new RelayError('blocked', 'user is disabled');
   }
 
-  const kysely = await DittoDB.getInstance();
+  const { kysely } = await DittoDB.getInstance();
 
   await Promise.all([
     storeEvent(event, signal),
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ async function existsInDB(event: DittoEvent): Promise<boolean> {
 async function hydrateEvent(event: DittoEvent, signal: AbortSignal): Promise<void> {
   await hydrateEvents({ events: [event], store: await Storages.db(), signal });
 
-  const kysely = await DittoDB.getInstance();
+  const { kysely } = await DittoDB.getInstance();
   const domain = await kysely
     .selectFrom('pubkey_domains')
     .select('domain')
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ async function hydrateEvent(event: DittoEvent, signal: AbortSignal): Promise<voi
 async function storeEvent(event: DittoEvent, signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<undefined> {
   if (NKinds.ephemeral(event.kind)) return;
   const store = await Storages.db();
-  const kysely = await DittoDB.getInstance();
+  const { kysely } = await DittoDB.getInstance();
 
   await updateStats({ event, store, kysely }).catch(debug);
   await store.event(event, { signal });
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ async function parseMetadata(event: NostrEvent, signal: AbortSignal): Promise<vo
 
   // Track pubkey domain.
   try {
-    const kysely = await DittoDB.getInstance();
+    const { kysely } = await DittoDB.getInstance();
     const { domain } = parseNip05(nip05);
 
     await sql`
diff --git a/src/storages.ts b/src/storages.ts
index 7e95f8ca..7114a3d6 100644
--- a/src/storages.ts
+++ b/src/storages.ts
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ export class Storages {
   public static async db(): Promise<EventsDB> {
     if (!this._db) {
       this._db = (async () => {
-        const db = await DittoDB.getInstance();
-        const store = new EventsDB(db);
+        const { kysely } = await DittoDB.getInstance();
+        const store = new EventsDB(kysely);
         await seedZapSplits(store);
         return store;
       })();
diff --git a/src/storages/hydrate.ts b/src/storages/hydrate.ts
index 2294f880..19ba0db4 100644
--- a/src/storages/hydrate.ts
+++ b/src/storages/hydrate.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ interface HydrateOpts {
 
 /** Hydrate events using the provided storage. */
 async function hydrateEvents(opts: HydrateOpts): Promise<DittoEvent[]> {
-  const { events, store, signal, kysely = await DittoDB.getInstance() } = opts;
+  const { events, store, signal, kysely = (await DittoDB.getInstance()).kysely } = opts;
 
   if (!events.length) {
     return events;
diff --git a/src/test.ts b/src/test.ts
index 3f144eb6..444a1b1c 100644
--- a/src/test.ts
+++ b/src/test.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,9 @@
-import { PGlite } from '@electric-sql/pglite';
 import { NostrEvent } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
-import { PgliteDialect } from '@soapbox/kysely-pglite';
 import { finalizeEvent, generateSecretKey } from 'nostr-tools';
-import { Kysely } from 'kysely';
-import { PostgresJSDialect, PostgresJSDialectConfig } from 'kysely-postgres-js';
-import postgres from 'postgres';
 
 import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
 import { DittoDB } from '@/db/DittoDB.ts';
-import { DittoTables } from '@/db/DittoTables.ts';
 import { purifyEvent } from '@/storages/hydrate.ts';
-import { KyselyLogger } from '@/db/KyselyLogger.ts';
 import { EventsDB } from '@/storages/EventsDB.ts';
 
 /** Import an event fixture by name in tests. */
@@ -41,31 +34,7 @@ export function genEvent(t: Partial<NostrEvent> = {}, sk: Uint8Array = generateS
 /** Create an database for testing. */
 export const createTestDB = async (databaseUrl = Conf.testDatabaseUrl) => {
   const { protocol } = new URL(databaseUrl);
-
-  const kysely: Kysely<DittoTables> = (() => {
-    switch (protocol) {
-      case 'postgres:':
-      case 'postgresql:':
-        return new Kysely({
-          // @ts-ignore Kysely version mismatch.
-          dialect: new PostgresJSDialect({
-            postgres: postgres(databaseUrl, {
-              max: Conf.pg.poolSize,
-            }) as unknown as PostgresJSDialectConfig['postgres'],
-          }),
-          log: KyselyLogger,
-        });
-      case 'file:':
-      case 'memory:':
-        return new Kysely({
-          dialect: new PgliteDialect({
-            database: new PGlite(databaseUrl),
-          }),
-        });
-      default:
-        throw new Error(`Unsupported database URL protocol: ${protocol}`);
-    }
-  })();
+  const { kysely } = DittoDB.create(databaseUrl, { poolSize: 1 });
 
   await DittoDB.migrate(kysely);
   const store = new EventsDB(kysely);
diff --git a/src/trends.ts b/src/trends.ts
index 6199e9ed..337ee5c7 100644
--- a/src/trends.ts
+++ b/src/trends.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export async function updateTrendingTags(
   aliases?: string[],
 ) {
   console.info(`Updating trending ${l}...`);
-  const db = await DittoDB.getInstance();
+  const { kysely } = await DittoDB.getInstance();
   const signal = AbortSignal.timeout(1000);
 
   const yesterday = Math.floor((Date.now() - Time.days(1)) / 1000);
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export async function updateTrendingTags(
   const tagNames = aliases ? [tagName, ...aliases] : [tagName];
 
   try {
-    const trends = await getTrendingTagValues(db, tagNames, {
+    const trends = await getTrendingTagValues(kysely, tagNames, {
       kinds,
       since: yesterday,
       until: now,
diff --git a/src/workers/fetch.worker.ts b/src/workers/fetch.worker.ts
index 469c8ff0..e6f98455 100644
--- a/src/workers/fetch.worker.ts
+++ b/src/workers/fetch.worker.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+/// <reference lib="webworker" />
+
 import Debug from '@soapbox/stickynotes/debug';
 import * as Comlink from 'comlink';