diff --git a/internal/sqlitedb/init.go b/internal/sqlitedb/init.go
index 56a1b04..5088659 100644
--- a/internal/sqlitedb/init.go
+++ b/internal/sqlitedb/init.go
@@ -19,12 +19,38 @@ func NewDB(logger *slog.Logger, open func(driverName string, dataSourceName stri
 
 	if useLocalDB == "true" {
 		logger.Info("using local database")
-		return NewFileDB()
+		return NewFileDB(open)
 	}
 
 	return NewTursoDB(open)
 }
 
+func NewFileDB(open func(driverName string, dataSourceName string) (*sql.DB, error)) (*sql.DB, error) {
+	workingDir, err := os.Getwd()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "error getting working directory")
+	}
+
+	// migrationsDir := workingDir + "/sql/migrations"
+	localDbDir := workingDir + "/db"
+	localDbPath := localDbDir + "/database.db"
+
+	if _, err := os.Stat(localDbDir); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		err := os.Mkdir(localDbDir, os.ModePerm)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	_, err = os.OpenFile(localDbPath, os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0644)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return open("sqlite", localDbPath)
+}
+
 func NewTursoDB(open func(driverName string, dataSourceName string) (*sql.DB, error)) (*sql.DB, error) {
 	dbURL := os.Getenv("DATABASE_URL")
 
diff --git a/internal/sqlitedb/init_test.go b/internal/sqlitedb/init_test.go
index 186d036..d8d8e6b 100644
--- a/internal/sqlitedb/init_test.go
+++ b/internal/sqlitedb/init_test.go
@@ -19,8 +19,38 @@ func (m *MockSqlOpener) Open(driverName string, dataSourceName string) (*sql.DB,
 	return args.Get(0).(*sql.DB), args.Error(1)
 }
 
-func TestNewDB(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Run("returns a new db connection", func(t *testing.T) {
+func TestNewFileDB(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("returns a new file db connection", func(t *testing.T) {
+		mockOpener := setupFileDBTest(t)
+
+		db, err := NewFileDB(mockOpener.Open)
+
+		mockOpener.AssertExpectations(t)
+		assert.NotNil(t, db)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+	})
+}
+
+func setupFileDBTest(t *testing.T) *MockSqlOpener {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	os.Setenv("LOCAL_DB", "true")
+	defer os.Setenv("LOCAL_DB", "")
+	workingDir, err := os.Getwd()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("could not get working directory")
+	}
+
+	mockOpener := new(MockSqlOpener)
+	mockDb := &sql.DB{}
+	mockOpener.On("Open", "sqlite", workingDir+"/db/database.db").Return(mockDb, nil)
+
+	return mockOpener
+}
+
+func TestNewTursoDB(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("returns a new turso db connection", func(t *testing.T) {
 		dataSourceName := "libsql://jobsummoner.turso.io/db"
 		os.Setenv("DATABASE_URL", dataSourceName)
 		defer os.Setenv("DATABASE_URL", "")
diff --git a/internal/sqlitedb/local.go b/internal/sqlitedb/local.go
index d609f64..dbc8b5a 100644
--- a/internal/sqlitedb/local.go
+++ b/internal/sqlitedb/local.go
@@ -15,32 +15,6 @@ func init() {
 	sql.Register("sqlite3", &sqlite.Driver{})
 }
 
-func NewFileDB() (*sql.DB, error) {
-	workingDir, err := os.Getwd()
-
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "error getting working directory")
-	}
-
-	migrationsDir := workingDir + "/sql/migrations"
-	localDbDir := workingDir + "/db"
-	localDbPath := localDbDir + "/database.db"
-
-	if _, err := os.Stat(localDbDir); os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		err := os.Mkdir(localDbDir, os.ModePerm)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-	}
-
-	_, err = os.OpenFile(localDbPath, os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0644)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	return migrateLocalDB(localDbPath, migrationsDir)
-}
-
 func NewInMemoryDB() (*sql.DB, error) {
 	workingDir, err := os.Getwd()