diff --git a/cpp/DBHostObject.cpp b/cpp/DBHostObject.cpp
index d95f285..991ed89 100644
--- a/cpp/DBHostObject.cpp
+++ b/cpp/DBHostObject.cpp
@@ -161,13 +161,12 @@ DBHostObject::DBHostObject(jsi::Runtime &rt,
 
 DBHostObject::DBHostObject(jsi::Runtime &rt, std::string &base_path,
                            std::shared_ptr<react::CallInvoker> invoker,
-                           std::shared_ptr<ThreadPool> thread_pool,
                            std::string &db_name, std::string &path,
                            std::string &crsqlite_path,
                            std::string &sqlite_vec_path,
                            std::string &encryption_key)
-    : base_path(base_path), invoker(std::move(invoker)),
-      thread_pool(std::move(thread_pool)), db_name(db_name), rt(rt) {
+    : base_path(base_path), invoker(std::move(invoker)), db_name(db_name), rt(rt) {
+      _thread_pool = std::make_shared<ThreadPool>();
 
 #ifdef OP_SQLITE_USE_SQLCIPHER
   BridgeResult result = opsqlite_open(db_name, path, crsqlite_path,
@@ -331,7 +330,7 @@ void DBHostObject::create_jsi_functions() {
         }
       };
 
-      thread_pool->queueWork(task);
+      _thread_pool->queueWork(task);
 
       return {};
      }));
@@ -410,7 +409,7 @@ void DBHostObject::create_jsi_functions() {
         }
       };
 
-      thread_pool->queueWork(task);
+      _thread_pool->queueWork(task);
 
       return {};
     }));
@@ -478,7 +477,7 @@ void DBHostObject::create_jsi_functions() {
         }
       };
 
-      thread_pool->queueWork(task);
+      _thread_pool->queueWork(task);
 
       return {};
       }));
@@ -553,7 +552,7 @@ void DBHostObject::create_jsi_functions() {
           });
         }
       };
-      thread_pool->queueWork(task);
+      _thread_pool->queueWork(task);
 
       return {};
             }));
@@ -615,7 +614,7 @@ void DBHostObject::create_jsi_functions() {
           });
         }
       };
-      thread_pool->queueWork(task);
+      _thread_pool->queueWork(task);
       return {};
                }));
 
@@ -775,7 +774,7 @@ void DBHostObject::create_jsi_functions() {
 #endif
     auto preparedStatementHostObject =
         std::make_shared<PreparedStatementHostObject>(db, db_name, statement,
-                                                      invoker, thread_pool);
+                                                      invoker, _thread_pool);
 
     return jsi::Object::createFromHostObject(rt, preparedStatementHostObject);
   });
@@ -813,7 +812,7 @@ void DBHostObject::create_jsi_functions() {
         flush_pending_reactive_queries(resolve);
       };
 
-      thread_pool->queueWork(task);
+      _thread_pool->queueWork(task);
 
       return {};
               }));
diff --git a/cpp/DBHostObject.h b/cpp/DBHostObject.h
index 28c4afd..9940beb 100644
--- a/cpp/DBHostObject.h
+++ b/cpp/DBHostObject.h
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ class JSI_EXPORT DBHostObject : public jsi::HostObject {
   // Constructor for local databases
   DBHostObject(jsi::Runtime &rt, std::string &base_path,
                std::shared_ptr<react::CallInvoker> invoker,
-               std::shared_ptr<ThreadPool> thread_pool, std::string &db_name,
-               std::string &path, std::string &crsqlite_path,
-               std::string &sqlite_vec_path, std::string &encryption_key);
+               std::string &db_name, std::string &path,
+               std::string &crsqlite_path, std::string &sqlite_vec_path,
+               std::string &encryption_key);
 
 #ifdef OP_SQLITE_USE_LIBSQL
   // Constructor for remoteOpen, purely for remote databases
@@ -48,9 +48,8 @@ class JSI_EXPORT DBHostObject : public jsi::HostObject {
 
   // Constructor for a local database with remote sync
   DBHostObject(jsi::Runtime &rt, std::shared_ptr<react::CallInvoker> invoker,
-               std::shared_ptr<ThreadPool> thread_pool, std::string &db_name,
-               std::string &path, std::string &url, std::string &auth_token,
-               int sync_interval);
+               std::string &db_name, std::string &path, std::string &url,
+               std::string &auth_token, int sync_interval);
 #endif
 
   std::vector<jsi::PropNameID> getPropertyNames(jsi::Runtime &rt);
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ class JSI_EXPORT DBHostObject : public jsi::HostObject {
   std::string base_path;
   std::shared_ptr<jsi::Value> update_hook;
   std::shared_ptr<react::CallInvoker> invoker;
-  std::shared_ptr<ThreadPool> thread_pool;
+  std::shared_ptr<ThreadPool> _thread_pool;
   std::string db_name;
   std::shared_ptr<jsi::Value> update_hook_callback;
   std::shared_ptr<jsi::Value> commit_hook_callback;
@@ -80,7 +79,12 @@ class JSI_EXPORT DBHostObject : public jsi::HostObject {
   std::vector<PendingReactiveInvocation> pending_reactive_invocations;
   bool is_update_hook_registered = false;
   bool invalidated = false;
+#ifdef OP_SQLITE_USE_LIBSQL
+  libsql_database_t db;
+  libsql_connection_t c;
+#else
   sqlite3 *db;
+#endif
 };
 
 } // namespace opsqlite
diff --git a/cpp/ThreadPool.cpp b/cpp/ThreadPool.cpp
index 40838d4..e1103da 100644
--- a/cpp/ThreadPool.cpp
+++ b/cpp/ThreadPool.cpp
@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@ ThreadPool::ThreadPool() : done(false) {
   // This returns the number of threads supported by the system. If the
   // function can't figure out this information, it returns 0. 0 is not good,
   // so we create at least 1
-  auto numberOfThreads = std::thread::hardware_concurrency();
-  if (numberOfThreads == 0) {
-    numberOfThreads = 1;
-  }
+//  auto numberOfThreads = std::thread::hardware_concurrency();
+//  if (numberOfThreads == 0) {
+//    numberOfThreads = 1;
+//  }
 
+  auto numberOfThreads = 1;
   for (unsigned i = 0; i < numberOfThreads; ++i) {
     // The threads will execute the private member `doWork`. Note that we need
     // to pass a reference to the function (namespaced with the class name) as
diff --git a/cpp/bindings.cpp b/cpp/bindings.cpp
index 4bf4330..85696ea 100644
--- a/cpp/bindings.cpp
+++ b/cpp/bindings.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ namespace jsi = facebook::jsi;
 std::string _base_path;
 std::string _crsqlite_path;
 std::string _sqlite_vec_path;
-std::shared_ptr<ThreadPool> thread_pool = std::make_shared<ThreadPool>();
 std::vector<std::shared_ptr<DBHostObject>> dbs;
 
 // React native will try to clean the module on JS context invalidation
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ void clearState() {
   invalidated = true;
 
   // We then join all the threads before the context gets invalidated
-  thread_pool->restartPool();
+//  thread_pool->restartPool();
 }
 
 void install(jsi::Runtime &rt,
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ void install(jsi::Runtime &rt,
     }
 
     std::shared_ptr<DBHostObject> db = std::make_shared<DBHostObject>(
-        rt, path, invoker, thread_pool, name, path, _crsqlite_path,
+        rt, path, invoker, name, path, _crsqlite_path,
         _sqlite_vec_path, encryptionKey);
     dbs.emplace_back(db);
     return jsi::Object::createFromHostObject(rt, db);
@@ -146,7 +145,7 @@ void install(jsi::Runtime &rt,
     }
 
     std::shared_ptr<DBHostObject> db = std::make_shared<DBHostObject>(
-        rt, invoker, thread_pool, name, path, url, auth_token, sync_interval);
+        rt, invoker, name, path, url, auth_token, sync_interval);
     return jsi::Object::createFromHostObject(rt, db);
   });
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/bridge.cpp b/cpp/bridge.cpp
index 9b6c5d6..a11bfd4 100644
--- a/cpp/bridge.cpp
+++ b/cpp/bridge.cpp
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ sqlite3 *opsqlite_open(std::string const &name, std::string const &path,
   }
 
 #ifdef OP_SQLITE_USE_SQLCIPHER
-  opsqlite_execute(name, "PRAGMA key = '" + encryption_key + "'", nullptr);
+  opsqlite_execute(db, "PRAGMA key = '" + encryption_key + "'", nullptr);
 #endif
 
   sqlite3_enable_load_extension(db, 1);