diff --git a/src/sqlite.js b/src/sqlite.js
index 46a624c0..6b26b5c1 100644
--- a/src/sqlite.js
+++ b/src/sqlite.js
@@ -39,8 +39,11 @@ export class SQLiteDatabaseClient {
       element("tbody", rows.map(r => element("tr", columns.map(c => element("td", [text(r[c])])))))
     ]);
   }
-  async sql(strings, ...args) {
-    return this.query(strings.join("?"), args);
+  async sql() {
+    return this.query(...this.queryTag.apply(this, arguments));
+  }
+  queryTag(strings, ...params) {
+    return [strings.join("?"), params];
   }
 }
 Object.defineProperty(SQLiteDatabaseClient.prototype, "dialect", {