diff --git a/src/database.rs b/src/database.rs
index 9f8325a..77b363e 100644
--- a/src/database.rs
+++ b/src/database.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ impl<'l> Database<'l> {
     pub fn open(path: &Path) -> Result<Database<'l>> {
         let mut raw = 0 as *mut _;
         unsafe {
-            success!(ffi::sqlite3_open(path_to_c_str!(path), &mut raw));
+            success!(ffi::sqlite3_open_v2(path_to_c_str!(path), &mut raw,
+                                          ffi::SQLITE_OPEN_CREATE | ffi::SQLITE_OPEN_READWRITE,
+                                          0 as *const _));
         }
         Ok(Database {
             raw: raw,
@@ -101,7 +103,7 @@ impl<'l> Drop for Database<'l> {
     #[allow(unused_must_use)]
     fn drop(&mut self) {
         self.remove_busy_handler();
-        unsafe { ffi::sqlite3_close(self.raw) };
+        unsafe { ffi::sqlite3_close_v2(self.raw) };
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/statement.rs b/src/statement.rs
index 87e1d1a..393cfaf 100644
--- a/src/statement.rs
+++ b/src/statement.rs
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ impl Value for String {
 pub fn new<'l>(raw1: *mut ffi::sqlite3, sql: &str) -> Result<Statement<'l>> {
     let mut raw0 = 0 as *mut _;
     unsafe {
-        success!(raw1, ffi::sqlite3_prepare(raw1, str_to_c_str!(sql), -1, &mut raw0, 0 as *mut _));
+        success!(raw1, ffi::sqlite3_prepare_v2(raw1, str_to_c_str!(sql), -1, &mut raw0,
+                                               0 as *mut _));
     }
     Ok(Statement { raw: (raw0, raw1), phantom: PhantomData })
 }