diff --git a/rig-sqlite/examples/vector_search_sqlite.rs b/rig-sqlite/examples/vector_search_sqlite.rs
index 49c2ba73..85c68efc 100644
--- a/rig-sqlite/examples/vector_search_sqlite.rs
+++ b/rig-sqlite/examples/vector_search_sqlite.rs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
     .await?;
 
     // Initialize SQLite vector store
-    let mut vector_store = SqliteVectorStore::new(conn, model.clone()).await?;
+    let mut vector_store = SqliteVectorStore::new(conn, &model).await?;
 
     // Add embeddings to vector store
     match vector_store.add_documents(embeddings).await {
diff --git a/rig-sqlite/src/lib.rs b/rig-sqlite/src/lib.rs
index 8760540a..6f777400 100644
--- a/rig-sqlite/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rig-sqlite/src/lib.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ pub struct SqliteVectorStore<E: EmbeddingModel> {
 }
 
 impl<E: EmbeddingModel> SqliteVectorStore<E> {
-    pub async fn new(conn: Connection, embedding_model: E) -> Result<Self, VectorStoreError> {
+    pub async fn new(conn: Connection, embedding_model: &E) -> Result<Self, VectorStoreError> {
         // Run migrations or create tables if they don't exist
         let dims = embedding_model.ndims();
         conn.call(move |conn| {