diff --git a/src/db.rs b/src/db.rs
index dd7d1b5..f0b36bd 100644
--- a/src/db.rs
+++ b/src/db.rs
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ use tracing::instrument;
 
 use crate::secrets::UserToken;
 
-// TODO: allow configuring this via envar
-const DB_URI_DEFAULT: &str = "sqlite://sqlite.db";
-
 // TODO: check again if it's possible to pass this as a parameter to query!
 // const TABLE_USER_TOKENS: &str = "user_tokens";
 
@@ -38,8 +35,8 @@ pub struct SqliteDatabase {
 
 impl SqliteDatabase {
     #[instrument]
-    pub async fn open() -> Self {
-        let options = SqliteConnectOptions::from_str(DB_URI_DEFAULT)
+    pub async fn open(connection_string: &str) -> Self {
+        let options = SqliteConnectOptions::from_str(connection_string)
             .expect("Invalid database URI")
             .create_if_missing(true);