diff --git a/src/lib/db.ts b/src/lib/db.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 318ed83..0000000
--- a/src/lib/db.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-import knex from "knex";
-import { env } from "$env/dynamic/private";
-
-const db = knex({
-	client: "pg",
-	connection: {
-		host: String(env.DB_HOST),
-		port: Number(env.DB_PORT),
-		user: String(env.DB_USERNAME),
-		password: String(env.DB_PASSWORD),
-		database: "website"
-	}
-})
-
-if (! await db.schema.hasTable("Announcements")) {
-	await db.schema.createTable("Announcements", (table) => {
-		table.increments("id");
-		table.text("title").notNullable();
-		table.string("severity").notNullable();
-		table.string("author").notNullable();
-		table.string("link").nullable();
-		table.bigInteger("created").notNullable();
-	});
-}
-
-export default db;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/lib/server/db.ts b/src/lib/server/db.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5a4e23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/server/db.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import knex from "knex";
+import type { Knex } from "knex";
+import { env } from "$env/dynamic/private";
+import { building } from "$app/environment";
+
+export let db: Knex;
+
+if (!building) {
+	db = knex({
+		client: "pg",
+		connection: {
+			host: String(env.DB_HOST),
+			port: Number(env.DB_PORT),
+			user: String(env.DB_USERNAME),
+			password: String(env.DB_PASSWORD),
+			database: "website"
+		}
+	})
+
+	if (! await db.schema.hasTable("Announcements")) {
+		await db.schema.createTable("Announcements", (table) => {
+			table.increments("id");
+			table.text("title").notNullable();
+			table.string("severity").notNullable();
+			table.string("author").notNullable();
+			table.string("link").nullable();
+			table.bigInteger("created").notNullable();
+		});
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/routes/+page.server.ts b/src/routes/+page.server.ts
index 98b5cc1..67ff49c 100644
--- a/src/routes/+page.server.ts
+++ b/src/routes/+page.server.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { PageServerLoad } from "./$types";
 import { compile } from "mdsvex";
 import sanitizeHtml from "sanitize-html";
-import db from "$lib/db";
+import { db } from "$lib/server/db";
 
 export const load: PageServerLoad = async () => {
 
diff --git a/src/routes/admin/announcements/+page.server.ts b/src/routes/admin/announcements/+page.server.ts
index 0605b4b..a833d3e 100644
--- a/src/routes/admin/announcements/+page.server.ts
+++ b/src/routes/admin/announcements/+page.server.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { Actions } from "./$types";
 import Joi from "joi";
 import { fail } from "@sveltejs/kit";
-import db from "$lib/db";
+import { db } from "$lib/server/db";
 
 export const actions: Actions = {
 	add: async ({ request, locals }) => {