diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a101b248..b4c2857a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -926,9 +926,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libsqlite3-sys"
-version = "0.20.1"
+version = "0.22.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "64d31059f22935e6c31830db5249ba2b7ecd54fd73a9909286f0a67aa55c2fbd"
+checksum = "2f6332d94daa84478d55a6aa9dbb3b305ed6500fb0cb9400cb9e1525d0e0e188"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "pkg-config",
@@ -1518,9 +1518,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rusqlite"
-version = "0.24.2"
+version = "0.25.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d5f38ee71cbab2c827ec0ac24e76f82eca723cee92c509a65f67dee393c25112"
+checksum = "48381bf52627e7b0e02c4c0e4c0c88fc1cf2228a2eb7461d9499b1372399f1da"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "fallible-iterator",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index da00d7f7..a016024a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ dotenv = "0.15.0"
 sodiumoxide = "0.2.6"
 
 [dependencies.rusqlite]
-version = "0.24"
+version = "0.25"
 features = ["bundled"]
 
 [dependencies.rocket_contrib]
diff --git a/src/command/history.rs b/src/command/history.rs
index af8aef7d..05aed4b9 100644
--- a/src/command/history.rs
+++ b/src/command/history.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::env;
 use eyre::Result;
 use structopt::StructOpt;
 
-use crate::local::database::{Database, QueryParam};
+use crate::local::database::Database;
 use crate::local::history::History;
 
 #[derive(StructOpt)]
@@ -96,12 +96,11 @@ impl Cmd {
 
                 let history = match params {
                     (false, false) => db.list()?,
-                    (true, false) => db.query(QUERY_SESSION, &[QueryParam::Text(session)])?,
-                    (false, true) => db.query(QUERY_DIR, &[QueryParam::Text(cwd)])?,
-                    (true, true) => db.query(
-                        QUERY_SESSION_DIR,
-                        &[QueryParam::Text(cwd), QueryParam::Text(session)],
-                    )?,
+                    (true, false) => db.query(QUERY_SESSION, &[session.as_str()])?,
+                    (false, true) => db.query(QUERY_DIR, &[cwd.as_str()])?,
+                    (true, true) => {
+                        db.query(QUERY_SESSION_DIR, &[cwd.as_str(), session.as_str()])?
+                    }
                 };
 
                 print_list(&history);
diff --git a/src/local/database.rs b/src/local/database.rs
index cba7142c..ad7078e5 100644
--- a/src/local/database.rs
+++ b/src/local/database.rs
@@ -4,14 +4,10 @@ use std::path::Path;
 use eyre::Result;
 
 use rusqlite::{params, Connection};
-use rusqlite::{Transaction, NO_PARAMS};
+use rusqlite::{Params, Transaction};
 
 use super::history::History;
 
-pub enum QueryParam {
-    Text(String),
-}
-
 pub trait Database {
     fn save(&mut self, h: &History) -> Result<()>;
     fn save_bulk(&mut self, h: &[History]) -> Result<()>;
@@ -21,7 +17,7 @@ pub trait Database {
     fn range(&self, from: chrono::DateTime<Utc>, to: chrono::DateTime<Utc>)
         -> Result<Vec<History>>;
 
-    fn query(&self, query: &str, params: &[QueryParam]) -> Result<Vec<History>>;
+    fn query(&self, query: &str, params: impl Params) -> Result<Vec<History>>;
     fn update(&self, h: &History) -> Result<()>;
     fn history_count(&self) -> Result<i64>;
 
@@ -71,7 +67,7 @@ impl Sqlite {
 
                 unique(timestamp, cwd, command)
             )",
-            NO_PARAMS,
+            [],
         )?;
 
         Ok(())
@@ -105,16 +101,6 @@ impl Sqlite {
     }
 }
 
-impl rusqlite::ToSql for QueryParam {
-    fn to_sql(&self) -> Result<rusqlite::types::ToSqlOutput<'_>, rusqlite::Error> {
-        use rusqlite::types::{ToSqlOutput, Value};
-
-        match self {
-            Self::Text(s) => Ok(ToSqlOutput::Owned(Value::Text(s.clone()))),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 impl Database for Sqlite {
     fn save(&mut self, h: &History) -> Result<()> {
         debug!("saving history to sqlite");
@@ -197,7 +183,7 @@ impl Database for Sqlite {
         Ok(history_iter.filter_map(Result::ok).collect())
     }
 
-    fn query(&self, query: &str, params: &[QueryParam]) -> Result<Vec<History>> {
+    fn query(&self, query: &str, params: impl Params) -> Result<Vec<History>> {
         let mut stmt = self.conn.prepare(query)?;
 
         let history_iter = stmt.query_map(params, |row| history_from_sqlite_row(None, row))?;
@@ -208,7 +194,7 @@ impl Database for Sqlite {
     fn prefix_search(&self, query: &str) -> Result<Vec<History>> {
         self.query(
             "select * from history where command like ?1 || '%' order by timestamp asc",
-            &[QueryParam::Text(query.to_string())],
+            &[query],
         )
     }