diff --git a/server/mapobjectdb/sqlite_new.go b/server/mapobjectdb/sqlite_new.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b5b72ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/mapobjectdb/sqlite_new.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package mapobjectdb
+
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+	_ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
+)
+
+
+func NewSqliteAccessor(filename string) (*Sqlite3Accessor, error) {
+	//TODO: flag/config for unsafe db access
+	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", filename+"?_timeout=500&_journal_mode=MEMORY&_synchronous=OFF")
+	db.SetMaxOpenConns(1)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	sq := &Sqlite3Accessor{db: db, filename: filename}
+	return sq, nil
+}
diff --git a/server/mapobjectdb/sqlite_tiles.go b/server/mapobjectdb/sqlite_tiles.go
index 3066475..f8d8d87 100644
--- a/server/mapobjectdb/sqlite_tiles.go
+++ b/server/mapobjectdb/sqlite_tiles.go
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package mapobjectdb
 
 import (
-	"database/sql"
-	_ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
 	"mapserver/coords"
 )
 
@@ -66,16 +64,3 @@ func (db *Sqlite3Accessor) RemoveTile(pos *coords.TileCoords) error {
 	_, err := db.db.Exec(removeTileQuery, pos.X, pos.Y, pos.Zoom, pos.LayerId)
 	return err
 }
-
-func NewSqliteAccessor(filename string) (*Sqlite3Accessor, error) {
-	//TODO: flag/config for unsafe db access
-	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", filename+"?_timeout=500&_journal_mode=MEMORY&_synchronous=OFF")
-	db.SetMaxOpenConns(1)
-
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	sq := &Sqlite3Accessor{db: db, filename: filename}
-	return sq, nil
-}