diff --git a/calendar-daemon.cpp b/calendar-daemon.cpp
index 8f874a3..ed89b38 100644
--- a/calendar-daemon.cpp
+++ b/calendar-daemon.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ sql::Database* init_database(std::string calendar) {
   return db::init(calendar + ".db");
 }
 
-void update_database(std::string directory, const sql::Database *db) {
+void update_database(std::string directory, sql::Database *db) {
   std::vector<ical::IcalObject*> objects = util::parse_cal_dir(directory);
   for(auto const& obj : objects) {
     if(obj->empty()) continue;
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ void update_database(std::string directory, const sql::Database *db) {
   }
 }
 
-void do_heartbeat(std::string directory, const sql::Database *db) {
+void do_heartbeat(std::string directory, sql::Database *db) {
   util::notify("Updating files from " + directory, "");
   update_database(directory, db);
 }
diff --git a/db/create.h b/db/create.h
index 6e901f9..e37d1bc 100644
--- a/db/create.h
+++ b/db/create.h
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ namespace db {
     sql::Database* db = new sql::Database(name, SQLite::OPEN_READWRITE|SQLite::OPEN_CREATE);
     DEBUG << "SQLite database file '" << db->getFilename().c_str() << "' opened successfully\n";
 
-
     Schema* schema = new Schema(db);
     schema->run_migrations();
     return db;