diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 25654d6..f4e60d7 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -33,10 +33,7 @@ type Config struct {
 
 // Load the application configuration and get a pointer to the Config object
 func GetConfig(args map[string]string) (*Config, error) {
-	err := godotenv.Load(".env")
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println(err)
-	}
+	godotenv.Load(".env")
 	var (
 		host      string
 		port      string
diff --git a/db/connection.go b/db/connection.go
index bcd5895..a7c15a6 100644
--- a/db/connection.go
+++ b/db/connection.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 
-	_ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
+	_ "modernc.org/sqlite"
 )
 
 // Wraps the database handle, providing a mutex to safely manage transactions
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func (conn *SafeConn) Close() error {
 // Returns a database connection handle for the DB
 func OldConnectToDatabase(dbName string) (*sql.DB, error) {
 	file := fmt.Sprintf("file:%s.db", dbName)
-	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", file)
+	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite", file)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "sql.Open")
 	}
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func OldConnectToDatabase(dbName string) (*sql.DB, error) {
 // Returns a database connection handle for the DB
 func ConnectToDatabase(dbName string) (*SafeConn, error) {
 	file := fmt.Sprintf("file:%s.db", dbName)
-	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", file)
+	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite", file)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "sql.Open")
 	}