diff --git a/src/tests.c b/src/tests.c
index d7abae16..eaa96d57 100644
--- a/src/tests.c
+++ b/src/tests.c
@@ -233,10 +233,9 @@ static void _test_database(const tf_test_options_t* options)
 		"}\n");
 	fclose(file);
 
-	unlink("out/testdb.sqlite");
-
 	char command[256];
-	snprintf(command, sizeof(command), "%s run --ssb-port=0 --db-path=file:db?mode=memory\\&cache=shared -s out/test.js", options->exe_path);
+	unlink("out/test_db0.sqlite");
+	snprintf(command, sizeof(command), "%s run --ssb-port=0 --db-path=out/test_db0.sqlite -s out/test.js", options->exe_path);
 	tf_printf("%s\n", command);
 	int result = system(command);
 	tf_printf("returned %d\n", WEXITSTATUS(result));
@@ -244,7 +243,7 @@ static void _test_database(const tf_test_options_t* options)
 	assert(WEXITSTATUS(result) == 0);
 
 	unlink("out/test.js");
-	unlink("out/testdb.sqlite");
+	unlink("out/test_db0.sqlite");
 }
 
 static void _test_this(const tf_test_options_t* options)