diff --git a/internal/certdb/certdb.go b/internal/certdb/certdb.go
index f163e6a..4c831eb 100644
--- a/internal/certdb/certdb.go
+++ b/internal/certdb/certdb.go
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// Package certdb provides a simplistic ORM to communicate with an SQL database for storage
 package certdb
 
 import (
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ const queryCreateCSR = "INSERT INTO %s (CSR) VALUES (?)"
 const queryUpdateCSR = "UPDATE %s SET Certificate=? WHERE CSR=?"
 const queryDeleteCSR = "DELETE FROM %s WHERE CSR=?"
 
+// CertificateRequestRepository is the object used to communicate with the established repository.
 type CertificateRequestsRepository struct {
 	table string
 	conn  *sql.DB
@@ -91,19 +93,6 @@ func (db *CertificateRequestsRepository) Delete(csr string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (db *CertificateRequestsRepository) Connect(databasePath string, tableName string) error {
-	conn, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", databasePath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	db.table = tableName
-	db.conn = conn
-	if _, err := db.conn.Exec(fmt.Sprintf(queryCreateTable, db.table)); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 func (db *CertificateRequestsRepository) Close() error {
 	if db.conn == nil {
 		return nil
@@ -113,3 +102,17 @@ func (db *CertificateRequestsRepository) Close() error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+func NewCertificateRequestsRepository(databasePath string, tableName string) (*CertificateRequestsRepository, error) {
+	conn, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", databasePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if _, err := conn.Exec(fmt.Sprintf(queryCreateTable, tableName)); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	db := new(CertificateRequestsRepository)
+	db.conn = conn
+	db.table = tableName
+	return db, nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/certdb/certdb_test.go b/internal/certdb/certdb_test.go
index f937729..9cbd903 100644
--- a/internal/certdb/certdb_test.go
+++ b/internal/certdb/certdb_test.go
@@ -9,17 +9,19 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestConnect(t *testing.T) {
-	db := new(certdb.CertificateRequestsRepository)
-	defer db.Close()
-	if err := db.Connect(":memory:", "CertificateReqs"); err != nil {
+	db, err := certdb.NewCertificateRequestsRepository(":memory:", "CertificateReqs")
+	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Can't connect to SQLite: %s", err)
 	}
+	db.Close()
 }
 
 func TestEndToEnd(t *testing.T) {
-	db := new(certdb.CertificateRequestsRepository)
+	db, err := certdb.NewCertificateRequestsRepository(":memory:", "CertificateRequests") //nolint:errcheck
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Couldn't complete NewCertificateRequestsRepository: %s", err)
+	}
 	defer db.Close()
-	db.Connect(":memory:", "CertificateRequests") //nolint:errcheck
 
 	if _, err := db.Create(ValidCSR1); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Couldn't complete Create: %s", err)
@@ -65,8 +67,7 @@ func TestEndToEnd(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestCreateFails(t *testing.T) {
-	db := new(certdb.CertificateRequestsRepository)
-	db.Connect(":memory:", "CertificateReqs") //nolint:errcheck
+	db, _ := certdb.NewCertificateRequestsRepository(":memory:", "CertificateReqs") //nolint:errcheck
 	defer db.Close()
 
 	InvalidCSR := strings.ReplaceAll(ValidCSR1, "/", "+")
@@ -81,9 +82,8 @@ func TestCreateFails(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestUpdateFails(t *testing.T) {
-	db := new(certdb.CertificateRequestsRepository)
+	db, _ := certdb.NewCertificateRequestsRepository(":memory:", "CertificateRequests") //nolint:errcheck
 	defer db.Close()
-	db.Connect(":memory:", "CertificateRequests") //nolint:errcheck
 
 	db.Create(ValidCSR1) //nolint:errcheck
 	db.Create(ValidCSR2) //nolint:errcheck
@@ -97,9 +97,8 @@ func TestUpdateFails(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestRetrieve(t *testing.T) {
-	db := new(certdb.CertificateRequestsRepository)
+	db, _ := certdb.NewCertificateRequestsRepository(":memory:", "CertificateRequests") //nolint:errcheck
 	defer db.Close()
-	db.Connect(":memory:", "CertificateRequests") //nolint:errcheck
 
 	db.Create(ValidCSR1) //nolint:errcheck
 	if _, err := db.Retrieve(ValidCSR2); err == nil {
@@ -109,9 +108,24 @@ func TestRetrieve(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func Example() {
-	db := new(certdb.CertificateRequestsRepository)
-	if err := db.Connect("./certs.db", "CertificateReq"); err != nil {
+	db, err := certdb.NewCertificateRequestsRepository("./certs.db", "CertificateReq")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalln(err)
+	}
+	_, err = db.Create(ValidCSR2)
+	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalln(err)
 	}
+	_, err = db.Update(ValidCSR2, ValidCert2)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalln(err)
+	}
+	entry, err := db.Retrieve(ValidCSR2)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalln(err)
+	}
+	if entry.Certificate != ValidCert2 {
+		log.Fatalln("Retrieved Certificate doesn't match Stored Certificate")
+	}
 	defer db.Close()
 }