diff --git a/src/db.ts b/src/db.ts
index c5a3e17..a722d4e 100644
--- a/src/db.ts
+++ b/src/db.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import path from 'node:path';
 import { FileMigrationProvider, Kysely, Migrator, PolySqliteDialect } from '@/deps.ts';
 import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
 import { getPragma, setPragma } from '@/pragma.ts';
-import { sqliteWorker } from '@/workers.ts';
+import SqliteWorker from '@/workers/sqlite.ts';
 
 interface DittoDB {
   events: EventRow;
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ interface UnattachedMediaRow {
   uploaded_at: Date;
 }
 
-await sqliteWorker.ready;
-await sqliteWorker.open();
+const sqliteWorker = new SqliteWorker();
+await sqliteWorker.open(Conf.dbPath);
 
 const db = new Kysely<DittoDB>({
   dialect: new PolySqliteDialect({
diff --git a/src/workers.ts b/src/workers.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 291217e..0000000
--- a/src/workers.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
-import SqliteWorker from '@/workers/sqlite.ts';
-
-const sqliteWorker = new SqliteWorker(Conf.dbPath);
-
-export { sqliteWorker };
diff --git a/src/workers/sqlite.ts b/src/workers/sqlite.ts
index 0a6f35f..a6d2fac 100644
--- a/src/workers/sqlite.ts
+++ b/src/workers/sqlite.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
+import { Comlink } from '@/deps.ts';
+
+import type { SqliteWorker as _SqliteWorker } from './sqlite.worker.ts';
 import type { CompiledQuery, QueryResult } from '@/deps.ts';
 
 class SqliteWorker {
-  #path: string;
   #worker: Worker;
-  ready: Promise<void>;
+  #client: ReturnType<typeof Comlink.wrap<typeof _SqliteWorker>>;
+  #ready: Promise<void>;
 
-  constructor(path: string) {
-    this.#path = path;
+  constructor() {
     this.#worker = new Worker(new URL('./sqlite.worker.ts', import.meta.url).href, { type: 'module' });
+    this.#client = Comlink.wrap<typeof _SqliteWorker>(this.#worker);
 
-    this.ready = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+    this.#ready = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
       const handleEvent = (event: MessageEvent) => {
         if (event.data[0] === 'ready') {
           this.#worker.removeEventListener('message', handleEvent);
@@ -20,37 +23,18 @@ class SqliteWorker {
     });
   }
 
-  async open(): Promise<void> {
-    await this.ready;
-    return this.#call(['open', [this.#path]]);
+  async open(path: string): Promise<void> {
+    await this.#ready;
+    return this.#client.open(path);
   }
 
-  async executeQuery<R>({ sql, parameters }: CompiledQuery): Promise<QueryResult<R>> {
-    await this.ready;
-    return this.#call(['query', [sql, parameters]]);
+  async executeQuery<R>(query: CompiledQuery): Promise<QueryResult<R>> {
+    await this.#ready;
+    return this.#client.executeQuery(query) as Promise<QueryResult<R>>;
   }
 
-  #call<T>(msg: [string, unknown[]]): Promise<T> {
-    const id = crypto.randomUUID();
-
-    this.#worker.postMessage([id, msg]);
-
-    // TODO: use a hashmap instead of an event listener for better performance.
-    return new Promise((resolve) => {
-      const handleEvent = (event: MessageEvent<[string, T]>) => {
-        const [_id, result] = event.data;
-        if (_id === id) {
-          this.#worker.removeEventListener('message', handleEvent);
-          resolve(result);
-        }
-      };
-      this.#worker.addEventListener('message', handleEvent);
-    });
-  }
-
-  // deno-lint-ignore require-await
-  async destroy() {
-    this.#worker.terminate();
+  destroy(): Promise<void> {
+    return this.#client.destroy();
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/workers/sqlite.worker.ts b/src/workers/sqlite.worker.ts
index 69acf6f..c79f078 100644
--- a/src/workers/sqlite.worker.ts
+++ b/src/workers/sqlite.worker.ts
@@ -1,38 +1,26 @@
 /// <reference lib="webworker" />
 
-import { DenoSqlite3 } from '@/deps.ts';
+import { Comlink, type CompiledQuery, DenoSqlite3, type QueryResult } from '@/deps.ts';
 
-let db: DenoSqlite3;
+let db: DenoSqlite3 | undefined;
 
-type Msg =
-  | ['open', [string]]
-  | ['query', [string, unknown[]]];
+export const SqliteWorker = {
+  open(path: string): void {
+    db = new DenoSqlite3(path);
+  },
+  executeQuery<R>({ sql, parameters }: CompiledQuery): QueryResult<R> {
+    if (!db) throw new Error('Database not open');
+    return {
+      rows: db.prepare(sql).all(...parameters as any[]) as R[],
+      numAffectedRows: BigInt(db.changes),
+      insertId: BigInt(db.lastInsertRowId),
+    };
+  },
+  destroy() {
+    db?.close();
+  },
+};
 
-function call([cmd, args]: Msg) {
-  switch (cmd) {
-    case 'open':
-      return handleOpen(args[0]);
-    case 'query':
-      return handleQuery(args[0], args[1]);
-  }
-}
-
-function handleOpen(path: string): void {
-  db = new DenoSqlite3(path);
-}
-
-function handleQuery(sql: string, params: any[] = []) {
-  return {
-    rows: db.prepare(sql).all(...params),
-    numAffectedRows: BigInt(db.changes),
-    insertId: BigInt(db.lastInsertRowId),
-  };
-}
-
-self.addEventListener('message', (event: MessageEvent<[string, Msg]>) => {
-  const [id, msg] = event.data;
-  const result = call(msg);
-  self.postMessage([id, result]);
-});
+Comlink.expose(SqliteWorker);
 
 self.postMessage(['ready']);