diff --git a/docs/cmtd.conf.sample b/docs/cmtd.conf.sample
index b924b8f..7166f26 100644
--- a/docs/cmtd.conf.sample
+++ b/docs/cmtd.conf.sample
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 {
   secret => 'cookie-sign-key',
-  db => ['dbi:SQLite:dbname=data/data.db'],
+  db => {
+    dsn => 'dbi:SQLite:dbname=data/data.db',
+    user => undef,
+    pass => undef,
+  },
   captcha => {
     tries => 5,
     limit => 500,
diff --git a/lib/CMTD.pm b/lib/CMTD.pm
index d1b9883..dec4aa9 100644
--- a/lib/CMTD.pm
+++ b/lib/CMTD.pm
@@ -25,9 +25,10 @@ sub startup {
     return $cap;
   });
   $self->app->attr(db => sub {
-    my $config = $self->app->config->{db} || [];
+    my $c = $self->app->config->{db} || {};
     require DBIx::Simple;
-    my $dbh = DBIx::Simple->new(@{ $config });
+    my %opts = (AutoCommit => 1, RaiseError => 1, sqlite_see_if_its_a_number => 1);
+    my $dbh = DBIx::Simple->new($c->{dsn}, $c->{user}, $c->{pass}, \%opts);
     return $dbh;
   });