diff --git a/android/CMakeLists.txt b/android/CMakeLists.txt
index df49e612..d860114c 100644
--- a/android/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/android/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ add_library(
   cpp-adapter.cpp
 )
 
-if (OP_SQLITE_USE_SQLCIPHER)
+if (USE_SQLCIPHER)
+  message("Using SQLCipher!")
   target_sources(${PACKAGE_NAME} PRIVATE ../cpp/sqlcipher/sqlite3.h ../cpp/sqlcipher/sqlite3.c)
 
   add_definitions(
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ else()
  target_sources(${PACKAGE_NAME} PRIVATE ../cpp/sqlite3.h ../cpp/sqlite3.c)
 endif()
 
-if (OP_SQLITE_USE_CRSQLITE)
+if (USE_CRSQLITE)
   add_definitions(
     -DOP_SQLITE_USE_CRSQLITE=1
   )
@@ -70,16 +71,25 @@ find_package(ReactAndroid REQUIRED CONFIG)
 find_package(fbjni REQUIRED CONFIG)
 find_library(LOG_LIB log)
 
-target_link_libraries(
-  ${PACKAGE_NAME}
-  ${LOG_LIB}
-  fbjni::fbjni
-  ReactAndroid::jsi
-  ReactAndroid::turbomodulejsijni
-  ReactAndroid::react_nativemodule_core
-  android
-)
-
-if (OP_SQLITE_USE_SQLCIPHER)
-  target_link_libraries(${PACKAGE_NAME} PRIVATE openssl::crypto)
+if (USE_SQLCIPHER)
+  target_link_libraries(
+    ${PACKAGE_NAME}
+    ${LOG_LIB}
+    fbjni::fbjni
+    ReactAndroid::jsi
+    ReactAndroid::turbomodulejsijni
+    ReactAndroid::react_nativemodule_core
+    android
+    openssl::crypto
+  )
+else()
+  target_link_libraries(
+    ${PACKAGE_NAME}
+    ${LOG_LIB}
+    fbjni::fbjni
+    ReactAndroid::jsi
+    ReactAndroid::turbomodulejsijni
+    ReactAndroid::react_nativemodule_core
+    android
+  )
 endif()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index 51bf6903..ce90f102 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -100,13 +100,21 @@ android {
   }
 
   defaultConfig {
-    minSdkVersion 21
+    minSdkVersion 23
     targetSdkVersion safeExtGet('targetSdkVersion', 34)
     versionCode 1
     versionName "1.0"
     
     externalNativeBuild {
         cmake {
+            if(useSQLCipher) {
+              cFlags += "-DOP_SQLITE_USE_SQLCIPHER=1"
+              cppFlags += "-DOP_SQLITE_USE_SQLCIPHER=1"
+            }
+            if(useCRSQLite) {
+              cFlags += "-DOP_SQLITE_USE_CRSQLITE=1"
+              cppFlags += "-DOP_SQLITE_USE_CRSQLITE=1"
+            }
             if(performanceMode == '1') {
               cFlags  += ["-DSQLITE_DQS=0", "-DSQLITE_THREADSAFE=0", "-DSQLITE_DEFAULT_MEMSTATUS=0", "-DSQLITE_DEFAULT_WAL_SYNCHRONOUS=1", "-DSQLITE_LIKE_DOESNT_MATCH_BLOBS=1", "-DSQLITE_MAX_EXPR_DEPTH=0", "-DSQLITE_OMIT_DEPRECATED=1", "-DSQLITE_OMIT_PROGRESS_CALLBACK=1", "-DSQLITE_OMIT_SHARED_CACHE=1", "-DSQLITE_USE_ALLOCA=1"]
             }
@@ -117,9 +125,9 @@ android {
             cppFlags "-O2", "-fexceptions", "-frtti", "-std=c++1y", "-DONANDROID"
             abiFilters 'x86', 'x86_64', 'armeabi-v7a', 'arm64-v8a'
             arguments "-DANDROID_STL=c++_shared",
-              "-DSQLITE_FLAGS='$sqliteFlags'"
-              "-DOP_SQLITE_USE_SQLCIPHER='${useSQLCipher? 1 : 0}'"
-              "-DOP_SQLITE_USE_CRSQLITE='${useCRSQLite? 1 : 0}'"
+              "-DSQLITE_FLAGS='$sqliteFlags'",
+              "-DUSE_SQLCIPHER=${useSQLCipher ? 1 : 0}",
+              "-DUSE_CRSQLITE=${useCRSQLite ? 1 : 0}"
             abiFilters (*reactNativeArchitectures())
         }
     }
@@ -170,7 +178,7 @@ def kotlin_version = getExtOrDefault("kotlinVersion")
 dependencies {
   implementation 'com.facebook.react:react-native'
   implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:$kotlin_version"
-  if (System.getenv("OP_SQLITE_USE_SQLCIPHER") == '1') {
+  if (useSQLCipher) {
     implementation('com.android.ndk.thirdparty:openssl:1.1.1q-beta-1')
   }
 }
diff --git a/example/ios/Podfile.lock b/example/ios/Podfile.lock
index 8fc56276..402fb699 100644
--- a/example/ios/Podfile.lock
+++ b/example/ios/Podfile.lock
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ PODS:
     - hermes-engine/Pre-built (= 0.74.0-rc.6)
   - hermes-engine/Pre-built (0.74.0-rc.6)
   - op-sqlite (5.0.2):
+    - OpenSSL-Universal
     - React
     - React-callinvoker
     - React-Core
+  - OpenSSL-Universal (3.1.5001)
   - RCT-Folly (2024.01.01.00):
     - boost
     - DoubleConversion
@@ -1234,6 +1236,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES:
 
 SPEC REPOS:
   trunk:
+    - OpenSSL-Universal
     - SocketRocket
 
 EXTERNAL SOURCES:
@@ -1358,7 +1361,8 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   fmt: 4c2741a687cc09f0634a2e2c72a838b99f1ff120
   glog: c5d68082e772fa1c511173d6b30a9de2c05a69a2
   hermes-engine: 1a846a8f620a08c60f5f89aa65b8664f769f742f
-  op-sqlite: d66e798e3019d7e50f80f305cb2fdb8ab18abcb4
+  op-sqlite: 41caa3456901ee4b793fb6ca84ba1dc147ddf199
+  OpenSSL-Universal: 29a9c9d4baf23f5fcd1294b657e4cc275e605bc3
   RCT-Folly: 045d6ecaa59d826c5736dfba0b2f4083ff8d79df
   RCTDeprecation: 82b53c4f460b7a5b27c6be8310a71bc84df583f5
   RCTRequired: d1a99a9f78fcc4acca99ab397822f4e58601b134
diff --git a/example/src/tests/dbsetup.spec.ts b/example/src/tests/dbsetup.spec.ts
index 9a1f4528..deb77eea 100644
--- a/example/src/tests/dbsetup.spec.ts
+++ b/example/src/tests/dbsetup.spec.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ export function dbSetupTests() {
         name: 'versionTest.sqlite',
         encryptionKey: 'test',
       });
+
+      const cipherVersion = db.execute('PRAGMA cipher_version;');
+      console.warn(cipherVersion);
       const res = db.execute('select sqlite_version();');
+      // console.warn(res.rows?._array[0]['sqlite_version()']);
       expect(res.rows?._array[0]['sqlite_version()']).to.equal(expectedVersion);
       db.close();
     });