diff --git a/src/db_sqlite.nim b/src/db_sqlite.nim
index 1638d38c62..f79e87f1b9 100644
--- a/src/db_sqlite.nim
+++ b/src/db_sqlite.nim
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ proc tryExec*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
   assert(not db.isNil, "Database not connected.")
   var q = dbFormat(query, args)
   var stmt: sqlite3.PStmt
-  if prepare_v2(db, q, q.len.cint, stmt, nil) == SQLITE_OK:
+  if prepare_v2(db, q.cstring, q.len.cint, stmt, nil) == SQLITE_OK:
     let x = step(stmt)
     if x in {SQLITE_DONE, SQLITE_ROW}:
       result = finalize(stmt) == SQLITE_OK
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ proc setupQuery(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
                 args: varargs[string]): PStmt =
   assert(not db.isNil, "Database not connected.")
   var q = dbFormat(query, args)
-  if prepare_v2(db, q, q.len.cint, result, nil) != SQLITE_OK: dbError(db)
+  if prepare_v2(db, q.cstring, q.len.cint, result, nil) != SQLITE_OK: dbError(db)
 
 proc setupQuery(db: DbConn, stmtName: SqlPrepared): SqlPrepared {.since: (1, 3).} =
   assert(not db.isNil, "Database not connected.")
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ proc tryInsertID*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
   var q = dbFormat(query, args)
   var stmt: sqlite3.PStmt
   result = -1
-  if prepare_v2(db, q, q.len.cint, stmt, nil) == SQLITE_OK:
+  if prepare_v2(db, q.cstring, q.len.cint, stmt, nil) == SQLITE_OK:
     if step(stmt) == SQLITE_DONE:
       result = last_insert_rowid(db)
     if finalize(stmt) != SQLITE_OK: