diff --git a/cmd/lure-api-server/db.go b/cmd/lure-api-server/db.go
index 22deef4..31ce069 100644
--- a/cmd/lure-api-server/db.go
+++ b/cmd/lure-api-server/db.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"go.arsenm.dev/logger/log"
 	"go.arsenm.dev/lure/internal/config"
 	"go.arsenm.dev/lure/internal/db"
-	"modernc.org/sqlite"
 )
 
 var gdb *sqlx.DB
@@ -20,8 +19,6 @@ func init() {
 			log.Fatal("Your package cache database is using the old database engine. Please remove ~/.cache/lure and then run `lure ref`.").Send()
 		}
 	}
-	
-	sqlite.MustRegisterScalarFunction("json_array_contains", 2, db.JsonArrayContains)
 
 	gdb, err = sqlx.Open("sqlite", config.DBPath)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/db.go b/db.go
index 89a5e63..31ce069 100644
--- a/db.go
+++ b/db.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"go.arsenm.dev/logger/log"
 	"go.arsenm.dev/lure/internal/config"
 	"go.arsenm.dev/lure/internal/db"
-	"modernc.org/sqlite"
 )
 
 var gdb *sqlx.DB
@@ -21,8 +20,6 @@ func init() {
 		}
 	}
 
-	sqlite.MustRegisterScalarFunction("json_array_contains", 2, db.JsonArrayContains)
-
 	gdb, err = sqlx.Open("sqlite", config.DBPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal("Error opening database").Err(err).Send()
diff --git a/internal/db/db.go b/internal/db/db.go
index 8a85110..8ce474e 100644
--- a/internal/db/db.go
+++ b/internal/db/db.go
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ import (
 	"modernc.org/sqlite"
 )
 
+func init() {
+	sqlite.MustRegisterScalarFunction("json_array_contains", 2, JsonArrayContains)
+}
+
 // Package is a LURE package's database representation
 type Package struct {
 	Name          string                    `sh:"name,required" db:"name"`
diff --git a/internal/db/db_test.go b/internal/db/db_test.go
index f795b75..fc5bf0f 100644
--- a/internal/db/db_test.go
+++ b/internal/db/db_test.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
 	"go.arsenm.dev/lure/internal/db"
-	"modernc.org/sqlite"
 )
 
 var testPkg = db.Package{
@@ -201,8 +200,6 @@ func TestDeletePkgs(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestJsonArrayContains(t *testing.T) {
-	sqlite.MustRegisterScalarFunction("json_array_contains", 2, db.JsonArrayContains)
-
 	gdb, err := getDB(t)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Expected no error, got %s", err)