diff --git a/src/db.rs b/src/db.rs
index 498c10b..982bf66 100644
--- a/src/db.rs
+++ b/src/db.rs
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ pub fn insert_item(conn: &Connection, item: Item) -> Result<i64> {
     debug!("DB: Inserting item: {:?}", item);
     conn.execute(
         "INSERT INTO items (ts, size, compression, digest_type, digest_value) VALUES (?1, ?2, ?3, ?4, ?5)",
-        (item.ts, item.size, item.compression, item.digest_type, item.digest_value),
+        params![item.ts, item.size, item.compression, item.digest_type, item.digest_value],
     )?;
     Ok(conn.last_insert_rowid())
 }
@@ -93,20 +93,14 @@ pub fn update_item(conn: &Connection, item: Item) -> Result<()> {
     debug!("DB: Updating item: {:?}", item);
     conn.execute(
         "UPDATE items SET size=?2, compression=?3, digest_type=?4, digest_value=?5 WHERE id=?1",
-        (
-            item.id,
-            item.size,
-            item.compression,
-            item.digest_type,
-            item.digest_value,
-        ),
+        params![item.id, item.size, item.compression, item.digest_type, item.digest_value],
     )?;
     Ok(())
 }
 
 pub fn delete_item(conn: &Connection, item: Item) -> Result<()> {
     debug!("DB: Deleting item: {:?}", item);
-    conn.execute("DELETE FROM items WHERE id=?1", [item.id])?;
+    conn.execute("DELETE FROM items WHERE id=?1", params![item.id])?;
     Ok(())
 }
 
@@ -114,7 +108,7 @@ pub fn query_delete_meta(conn: &Connection, meta: Meta) -> Result<()> {
     debug!("DB: Deleting meta: {:?}", meta);
     conn.execute(
         "DELETE FROM metas WHERE id=?1 AND name=?2",
-        (meta.id, meta.name),
+        params![meta.id, meta.name],
     )?;
     Ok(())
 }
@@ -124,7 +118,7 @@ pub fn query_upsert_meta(conn: &Connection, meta: Meta) -> Result<()> {
     conn.execute(
         "INSERT INTO metas (id, name, value) VALUES (?1, ?2, ?3)
               ON CONFLICT(id, name) DO UPDATE SET value=?3",
-        (meta.id, meta.name, meta.value),
+        params![meta.id, meta.name, meta.value],
     )?;
     Ok(())
 }
@@ -143,14 +137,14 @@ pub fn insert_tag(conn: &Connection, tag: Tag) -> Result<()> {
     debug!("DB: Inserting tag: {:?}", tag);
     conn.execute(
         "INSERT INTO tags (id, name) VALUES (?1, ?2)",
-        (tag.id, tag.name),
+        params![tag.id, tag.name],
     )?;
     Ok(())
 }
 
 pub fn delete_item_tags(conn: &Connection, item: Item) -> Result<()> {
     debug!("DB: Deleting all item tags: {:?}", item);
-    conn.execute("DELETE FROM tags WHERE id=?1", [item.id])?;
+    conn.execute("DELETE FROM tags WHERE id=?1", params![item.id])?;
     Ok(())
 }
 
@@ -221,7 +215,7 @@ pub fn query_tagged_items<'a>(conn: &'a Connection, tags: &'a Vec<String>) -> Re
         .collect();
 
     let tags_ptr = Rc::new(tags_values);
-    let mut rows = statement.query((&tags_ptr, &tags.len()))?;
+    let mut rows = statement.query(params![&tags_ptr, &tags.len()])?;
 
     let mut items = Vec::new();
 
@@ -327,7 +321,7 @@ pub fn get_item_matching(
 
     let tags_ptr = Rc::new(tags_values);
 
-    let mut rows = statement.query((&tags_ptr, &tags.len()))?;
+    let mut rows = statement.query(params![&tags_ptr, &tags.len()])?;
 
     match rows.next()? {
         Some(row) => Ok(Some(Item {