diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index cc14998..d8e322d 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -61,27 +61,6 @@ class Conf {
   static get externalDomain() {
     return Deno.env.get('NOSTR_EXTERNAL') || Conf.localDomain;
   }
-  /** Path to the main SQLite database which stores users, events, and more. */
-  static get dbPath() {
-    if (Deno.env.get('DATABASE_URL') === 'sqlite://:memory:') {
-      return ':memory:';
-    }
-
-    const { host, pathname } = Conf.databaseUrl;
-
-    if (!pathname) return '';
-
-    // Get relative path.
-    if (host === '') {
-      return pathname;
-    } else if (host === '.') {
-      return pathname;
-    } else if (host) {
-      return host + pathname;
-    }
-
-    return '';
-  }
   /**
    * Heroku-style database URL. This is used in production to connect to the
    * database.
@@ -92,9 +71,24 @@ class Conf {
    * protocol://username:password@host:port/database_name
    * ```
    */
-  static get databaseUrl(): url.UrlWithStringQuery {
-    return url.parse(Deno.env.get('DATABASE_URL') ?? 'sqlite://data/db.sqlite3');
+  static get databaseUrl(): string {
+    return Deno.env.get('DATABASE_URL') ?? 'sqlite://data/db.sqlite3';
   }
+  static db = {
+    get url(): url.UrlWithStringQuery {
+      return url.parse(Deno.env.get('DATABASE_URL') ?? 'sqlite://data/db.sqlite3');
+    },
+    get dialect(): 'sqlite' | 'postgres' | undefined {
+      switch (Conf.db.url.protocol) {
+        case 'sqlite:':
+          return 'sqlite';
+        case 'postgres:':
+        case 'postgresql:':
+          return 'postgres';
+      }
+      return undefined;
+    },
+  };
   /** Character limit to enforce for posts made through Mastodon API. */
   static get postCharLimit() {
     return Number(Deno.env.get('POST_CHAR_LIMIT') || 5000);
diff --git a/src/db/DittoDB.ts b/src/db/DittoDB.ts
index fbca18d..d06b331 100644
--- a/src/db/DittoDB.ts
+++ b/src/db/DittoDB.ts
@@ -19,16 +19,13 @@ export class DittoDB {
   }
 
   static async _getInstance(): Promise<Kysely<DittoTables>> {
-    const { databaseUrl } = Conf;
-
     let kysely: Kysely<DittoTables>;
 
-    switch (databaseUrl.protocol) {
-      case 'sqlite:':
+    switch (Conf.db.dialect) {
+      case 'sqlite':
         kysely = await DittoSQLite.getInstance();
         break;
-      case 'postgres:':
-      case 'postgresql:':
+      case 'postgres':
         kysely = await DittoPostgres.getInstance();
         break;
       default:
diff --git a/src/db/adapters/DittoPostgres.ts b/src/db/adapters/DittoPostgres.ts
index d0abbf9..bfecd92 100644
--- a/src/db/adapters/DittoPostgres.ts
+++ b/src/db/adapters/DittoPostgres.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export class DittoPostgres {
           // @ts-ignore mismatched kysely versions probably
           createDriver() {
             return new PostgreSQLDriver(
-              { connectionString: Deno.env.get('DATABASE_URL') },
+              { connectionString: Conf.databaseUrl },
               Conf.pg.poolSize,
             );
           },
diff --git a/src/db/adapters/DittoSQLite.ts b/src/db/adapters/DittoSQLite.ts
index fe225a2..d412ca3 100644
--- a/src/db/adapters/DittoSQLite.ts
+++ b/src/db/adapters/DittoSQLite.ts
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ export class DittoSQLite {
 
   /** Get the relative or absolute path based on the `DATABASE_URL`. */
   static get path() {
-    if (Deno.env.get('DATABASE_URL') === 'sqlite://:memory:') {
+    if (Conf.databaseUrl === 'sqlite://:memory:') {
       return ':memory:';
     }
 
-    const { host, pathname } = Conf.databaseUrl;
+    const { host, pathname } = Conf.db.url;
 
     if (!pathname) return '';
 
diff --git a/src/storages/EventsDB.ts b/src/storages/EventsDB.ts
index a550f39..1c52f40 100644
--- a/src/storages/EventsDB.ts
+++ b/src/storages/EventsDB.ts
@@ -42,17 +42,8 @@ class EventsDB implements NStore {
   };
 
   constructor(private kysely: Kysely<DittoTables>) {
-    let fts: 'sqlite' | 'postgres' | undefined;
-
-    if (Conf.databaseUrl.protocol === 'sqlite:') {
-      fts = 'sqlite';
-    }
-    if (['postgres:', 'postgresql:'].includes(Conf.databaseUrl.protocol!)) {
-      fts = 'postgres';
-    }
-
     this.store = new NDatabase(kysely, {
-      fts,
+      fts: Conf.db.dialect,
       indexTags: EventsDB.indexTags,
       searchText: EventsDB.searchText,
     });