diff --git a/src/db/db-worker.ts b/src/db/db-worker.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a01034
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/db/db-worker.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// we could use the worker file from ./lib/kysely-official-wasm-worker/worker/index.ts, but somehow that doesn't get bundled correctly
+import { createOnMessageCallback } from "~/lib/kysely-official-wasm-worker";
+
+self.onmessage = createOnMessageCallback();
diff --git a/src/db/db.ts b/src/db/db.ts
index 2cd2082..584b868 100644
--- a/src/db/db.ts
+++ b/src/db/db.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 import { Kysely } from "kysely";
 import type { DB } from "./db-schema";
 import { OfficialWasmWorkerDialect } from "~/lib/kysely-official-wasm-worker";
-import wasmWorkerUrl from "~/lib/kysely-official-wasm-worker/worker?url";
+import WasmWorker from "./db-worker?worker";
 import { createSignal } from "solid-js";
 
 export const SELF_ID = 2;
 
 export const DB_FILENAME = "signal.sqlite";
 
-export const worker = new Worker(wasmWorkerUrl, {
-  type: "module",
-});
+export const worker = new WasmWorker();
 
 const dialect = new OfficialWasmWorkerDialect({
   fileName: DB_FILENAME,