diff --git a/c_sources/tokenizers.h b/c_sources/tokenizers.h
index ccbf95be..2a41fbee 100644
--- a/c_sources/tokenizers.h
+++ b/c_sources/tokenizers.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 #define TOKENIZER_LIST opsqlite_wordtokenizer_init(db,&errMsg,nullptr);opsqlite_porter_init(db,&errMsg,nullptr);
 
-#include "sqlite3.h"
+#include <sqlite3.h>
 
 namespace opsqlite {
 
diff --git a/cpp/DBHostObject.h b/cpp/DBHostObject.h
index 96cd32e3..2d1ea454 100644
--- a/cpp/DBHostObject.h
+++ b/cpp/DBHostObject.h
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "ThreadPool.h"
-#include "sqlite3.h"
 #include "types.h"
 #include <ReactCommon/CallInvoker.h>
 #include <jsi/jsi.h>
 #include <set>
+#include <sqlite3.h>
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include <vector>
 
diff --git a/cpp/PreparedStatementHostObject.cpp b/cpp/PreparedStatementHostObject.cpp
index ffb7754f..43696af1 100644
--- a/cpp/PreparedStatementHostObject.cpp
+++ b/cpp/PreparedStatementHostObject.cpp
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ PreparedStatementHostObject::~PreparedStatementHostObject() {
   }
 #else
   if (_stmt != nullptr) {
-    sqlite3_finalize(_stmt);
+//    sqlite3_finalize(_stmt);
     _stmt = nullptr;
   }
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/bridge.cpp b/cpp/bridge.cpp
index c657d822..c6f265d8 100644
--- a/cpp/bridge.cpp
+++ b/cpp/bridge.cpp
@@ -98,7 +98,9 @@ sqlite3 *opsqlite_open(std::string const &name, std::string const &path,
   opsqlite_execute(db, "PRAGMA key = '" + encryption_key + "'", nullptr);
 #endif
 
+#ifndef OP_SQLITE_USE_PHONE_VERSION
   sqlite3_enable_load_extension(db, 1);
+#endif
 
 #ifdef OP_SQLITE_USE_CRSQLITE
   const char *crsqliteEntryPoint = "sqlite3_crsqlite_init";
diff --git a/cpp/bridge.h b/cpp/bridge.h
index cfcf3b56..f5ec490e 100644
--- a/cpp/bridge.h
+++ b/cpp/bridge.h
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 #include "DumbHostObject.h"
 #include "SmartHostObject.h"
-#include "sqlite3.h"
 #include "types.h"
 #include "utils.h"
+#include <sqlite3.h>
 #include <vector>
 
 namespace opsqlite {
diff --git a/example/c_sources/tokenizers.h b/example/c_sources/tokenizers.h
index ccbf95be..2a41fbee 100644
--- a/example/c_sources/tokenizers.h
+++ b/example/c_sources/tokenizers.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 #define TOKENIZER_LIST opsqlite_wordtokenizer_init(db,&errMsg,nullptr);opsqlite_porter_init(db,&errMsg,nullptr);
 
-#include "sqlite3.h"
+#include <sqlite3.h>
 
 namespace opsqlite {
 
diff --git a/example/ios/Podfile.lock b/example/ios/Podfile.lock
index 1ba74ee2..71fbf9c5 100644
--- a/example/ios/Podfile.lock
+++ b/example/ios/Podfile.lock
@@ -1785,7 +1785,7 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   GCDWebServer: 2c156a56c8226e2d5c0c3f208a3621ccffbe3ce4
   glog: 08b301085f15bcbb6ff8632a8ebaf239aae04e6a
   hermes-engine: 06a9c6900587420b90accc394199527c64259db4
-  op-sqlite: 9917e5a5747fc813e42487c0cbdd2d35eaa687bb
+  op-sqlite: 26d129a3be9edde9e3ba414ddcf97224df177d59
   RCT-Folly: bf5c0376ffe4dd2cf438dcf86db385df9fdce648
   RCTDeprecation: fb7d408617e25d7f537940000d766d60149c5fea
   RCTRequired: 9aaf0ffcc1f41f0c671af863970ef25c422a9920
diff --git a/example/package.json b/example/package.json
index 55309811..e4ebe338 100644
--- a/example/package.json
+++ b/example/package.json
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@
     "iosSqlite": false,
     "fts5": true,
     "rtree": true,
-    "libsql": false,
     "sqliteVec": true,
+    "libsql": false,
     "tokenizers": [
       "wordtokenizer",
       "porter"
diff --git a/generate_tokenizers_header_file.rb b/generate_tokenizers_header_file.rb
index 9e34afd4..395f379a 100644
--- a/generate_tokenizers_header_file.rb
+++ b/generate_tokenizers_header_file.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ def generate_tokenizers_header_file(names, file_path)
     file.puts
     file.puts "#define TOKENIZER_LIST #{tokenizer_list}"
     file.puts
-    file.puts "#include \"sqlite3.h\""
+    file.puts "#include <sqlite3.h>"
     file.puts
     file.puts "namespace opsqlite {"
     file.puts
diff --git a/op-sqlite.podspec b/op-sqlite.podspec
index 8dc38def..22f97bc5 100644
--- a/op-sqlite.podspec
+++ b/op-sqlite.podspec
@@ -105,18 +105,20 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   }
 
   log_message.call("[OP-SQLITE] Configuration:")
+
+  exclude_files = []
   
   if use_sqlcipher then
     log_message.call("[OP-SQLITE] using SQLCipher 🔒")
-    s.exclude_files = "cpp/sqlite3.c", "cpp/sqlite3.h", "cpp/libsql/bridge.c", "cpp/libsql/bridge.h", "cpp/libsql/bridge.cpp", "cpp/libsql/libsql.h"
+    exclude_files += ["cpp/sqlite3.c", "cpp/sqlite3.h", "cpp/libsql/bridge.c", "cpp/libsql/bridge.h", "cpp/libsql/bridge.cpp", "cpp/libsql/libsql.h"]
     xcconfig[:GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS] += " OP_SQLITE_USE_SQLCIPHER=1 HAVE_FULLFSYNC=1 SQLITE_HAS_CODEC SQLITE_TEMP_STORE=2"
     s.dependency "OpenSSL-Universal"    
   elsif use_libsql then
     log_message.call("[OP-SQLITE] using libsql 📘")
-    s.exclude_files = "cpp/sqlite3.c", "cpp/sqlite3.h", "cpp/sqlcipher/sqlite3.c", "cpp/sqlcipher/sqlite3.h", "cpp/bridge.h", "cpp/bridge.cpp"
+    exclude_files += ["cpp/sqlite3.c", "cpp/sqlite3.h", "cpp/sqlcipher/sqlite3.c", "cpp/sqlcipher/sqlite3.h", "cpp/bridge.h", "cpp/bridge.cpp"]
   else
     log_message.call("[OP-SQLITE] using vanilla SQLite 📦")
-    s.exclude_files = "cpp/sqlcipher/sqlite3.c", "cpp/sqlcipher/sqlite3.h", "cpp/libsql/bridge.c", "cpp/libsql/bridge.h", "cpp/libsql/bridge.cpp", "cpp/libsql/libsql.h"
+    exclude_files += ["cpp/sqlcipher/sqlite3.c", "cpp/sqlcipher/sqlite3.h", "cpp/libsql/bridge.c", "cpp/libsql/bridge.h", "cpp/libsql/bridge.cpp", "cpp/libsql/libsql.h"]
   end
   
   s.dependency "React-callinvoker"
@@ -144,7 +146,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   if phone_version then
     log_message.call("[OP-SQLITE] using iOS embedded SQLite 📱")
     xcconfig[:GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS] += " OP_SQLITE_USE_PHONE_VERSION=1"
-    s.exclude_files = "cpp/sqlite3.c", "cpp/sqlite3.h"
+    exclude_files += ["cpp/sqlite3.c", "cpp/sqlite3.h"]
     s.library = "sqlite3"
   end
 
@@ -191,4 +193,5 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   xcconfig[:OTHER_CFLAGS] = other_cflags
   s.pod_target_xcconfig = xcconfig
   s.vendored_frameworks = frameworks
+  s.exclude_files = exclude_files
 end