diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index cfa74b1..c74b2b5 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const commands = require('./commands.js');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const sdk = require('matrix-js-sdk');
+const sqlite3 = require('sqlite3').verbose(); // .verbose until basics work
 const yaml = require('js-yaml');
 
 global.config = yaml.safeLoad(fs.readFileSync('config.yaml'));