diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index f4f545a46..57e6b62a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
         run: node ./bin/bundle.js bundle -p docs-search-client-halogen
 
       - name: Run tests
-        run: node ./bin/bundle.js test
+        run: node --no-warnings ./bin/bundle.js test
 
       - name: Check formatting (Linux only)
         if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
diff --git a/bin/index.dev.js b/bin/index.dev.js
index e2193ac95..1a34b5496 100755
--- a/bin/index.dev.js
+++ b/bin/index.dev.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
+#!/usr/bin/env -S node --no-warnings
 
 import { main } from "../output/Main/index.js";
 
diff --git a/bin/spago.yaml b/bin/spago.yaml
index 8b30d6a94..4b05b46e4 100644
--- a/bin/spago.yaml
+++ b/bin/spago.yaml
@@ -31,5 +31,3 @@ package:
     minify: false
     platform: node
     type: app
-    extraArgs:
-      - "--external:better-sqlite3"
diff --git a/bin/src/Main.purs b/bin/src/Main.purs
index 93fed2a45..fb3e14e32 100644
--- a/bin/src/Main.purs
+++ b/bin/src/Main.purs
@@ -997,7 +997,7 @@ mkRegistryEnv offline = do
   -- Make sure we have git and purs
   git <- Git.getGit
   purs <- Purs.getPurs
-  db <- liftEffect $ Db.connect
+  db <- liftAff $ Db.connect
     { database: Paths.databasePath
     , logger: \str -> Reader.runReaderT (logDebug $ "DB: " <> str) { logOptions }
     }
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 84c4fa7f4..fa8a20e52 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
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-          "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/feross"
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-      "integrity": "sha512-rp3So07KcdmmKbGvgaNxQSJr7bGVSVk5S9Eq1F+ppbRo70+YeaDxkw5Dd8NPN+GD6bjnYm2VuPuCXmpuYvmCXQ==",
-      "funding": [
-        {
-          "type": "github",
-          "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/feross"
-        },
-        {
-          "type": "patreon",
-          "url": "https://www.patreon.com/feross"
-        },
-        {
-          "type": "consulting",
-          "url": "https://feross.org/support"
-        }
-      ],
-      "license": "MIT"
-    },
     "node_modules/safer-buffer": {
       "version": "2.1.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/safer-buffer/-/safer-buffer-2.1.2.tgz",
@@ -1168,51 +849,6 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/isaacs"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/simple-concat": {
-      "version": "1.0.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/simple-concat/-/simple-concat-1.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-cSFtAPtRhljv69IK0hTVZQ+OfE9nePi/rtJmw5UjHeVyVroEqJXP1sFztKUy1qU+xvz3u/sfYJLa947b7nAN2Q==",
-      "funding": [
-        {
-          "type": "github",
-          "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/feross"
-        },
-        {
-          "type": "patreon",
-          "url": "https://www.patreon.com/feross"
-        },
-        {
-          "type": "consulting",
-          "url": "https://feross.org/support"
-        }
-      ],
-      "license": "MIT"
-    },
-    "node_modules/simple-get": {
-      "version": "4.0.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/simple-get/-/simple-get-4.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-brv7p5WgH0jmQJr1ZDDfKDOSeWWg+OVypG99A/5vYGPqJ6pxiaHLy8nxtFjBA7oMa01ebA9gfh1uMCFqOuXxvA==",
-      "funding": [
-        {
-          "type": "github",
-          "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/feross"
-        },
-        {
-          "type": "patreon",
-          "url": "https://www.patreon.com/feross"
-        },
-        {
-          "type": "consulting",
-          "url": "https://feross.org/support"
-        }
-      ],
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "decompress-response": "^6.0.0",
-        "once": "^1.3.1",
-        "simple-concat": "^1.0.0"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/spdx-exceptions": {
       "version": "2.5.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/spdx-exceptions/-/spdx-exceptions-2.5.0.tgz",
@@ -1252,15 +888,6 @@
         "nan": "^2.20.0"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/string_decoder": {
-      "version": "1.3.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/string_decoder/-/string_decoder-1.3.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-hkRX8U1WjJFd8LsDJ2yQ/wWWxaopEsABU1XfkM8A+j0+85JAGppt16cr1Whg6KIbb4okU6Mql6BOj+uup/wKeA==",
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "safe-buffer": "~5.2.0"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/string-width": {
       "version": "5.1.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/string-width/-/string-width-5.1.2.tgz",
@@ -1357,15 +984,6 @@
         "node": ">=8"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/strip-json-comments": {
-      "version": "2.0.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/strip-json-comments/-/strip-json-comments-2.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-4gB8na07fecVVkOI6Rs4e7T6NOTki5EmL7TUduTs6bu3EdnSycntVJ4re8kgZA+wx9IueI2Y11bfbgwtzuE0KQ==",
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=0.10.0"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/supports-color": {
       "version": "10.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/supports-color/-/supports-color-10.0.0.tgz",
@@ -1395,40 +1013,6 @@
         "node": ">=18"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/tar-fs": {
-      "version": "2.1.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tar-fs/-/tar-fs-2.1.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-mDAjwmZdh7LTT6pNleZ05Yt65HC3E+NiQzl672vQG38jIrehtJk/J3mNwIg+vShQPcLF/LV7CMnDW6vjj6sfYQ==",
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "chownr": "^1.1.1",
-        "mkdirp-classic": "^0.5.2",
-        "pump": "^3.0.0",
-        "tar-stream": "^2.1.4"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/tar-fs/node_modules/chownr": {
-      "version": "1.1.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/chownr/-/chownr-1.1.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-jJ0bqzaylmJtVnNgzTeSOs8DPavpbYgEr/b0YL8/2GO3xJEhInFmhKMUnEJQjZumK7KXGFhUy89PrsJWlakBVg==",
-      "license": "ISC"
-    },
-    "node_modules/tar-stream": {
-      "version": "2.2.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tar-stream/-/tar-stream-2.2.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-ujeqbceABgwMZxEJnk2HDY2DlnUZ+9oEcb1KzTVfYHio0UE6dG71n60d8D2I4qNvleWrrXpmjpt7vZeF1LnMZQ==",
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "bl": "^4.0.3",
-        "end-of-stream": "^1.4.1",
-        "fs-constants": "^1.0.0",
-        "inherits": "^2.0.3",
-        "readable-stream": "^3.1.1"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=6"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/tmp": {
       "version": "0.2.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tmp/-/tmp-0.2.4.tgz",
@@ -1450,18 +1034,6 @@
         "node": ">=8.0"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/tunnel-agent": {
-      "version": "0.6.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tunnel-agent/-/tunnel-agent-0.6.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-McnNiV1l8RYeY8tBgEpuodCC1mLUdbSN+CYBL7kJsJNInOP8UjDDEwdk6Mw60vdLLrr5NHKZhMAOSrR2NZuQ+w==",
-      "license": "Apache-2.0",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "safe-buffer": "^5.0.1"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": "*"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/tweetnacl": {
       "version": "0.14.5",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tweetnacl/-/tweetnacl-0.14.5.tgz",
@@ -1483,12 +1055,6 @@
         "node": ">= 10.0.0"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/util-deprecate": {
-      "version": "1.0.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/util-deprecate/-/util-deprecate-1.0.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-EPD5q1uXyFxJpCrLnCc1nHnq3gOa6DZBocAIiI2TaSCA7VCJ1UJDMagCzIkXNsUYfD1daK//LTEQ8xiIbrHtcw==",
-      "license": "MIT"
-    },
     "node_modules/which": {
       "version": "2.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/which/-/which-2.0.2.tgz",
@@ -1595,12 +1161,6 @@
         "node": ">=8"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/wrappy": {
-      "version": "1.0.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/wrappy/-/wrappy-1.0.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-l4Sp/DRseor9wL6EvV2+TuQn63dMkPjZ/sp9XkghTEbV9KlPS1xUsZ3u7/IQO4wxtcFB4bgpQPRcR3QCvezPcQ==",
-      "license": "ISC"
-    },
     "node_modules/xhr2": {
       "version": "0.2.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/xhr2/-/xhr2-0.2.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ebdd11f7c..3799117a9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@nodelib/fs.walk": "^3.0.1",
-    "better-sqlite3": "^12.5.0",
     "env-paths": "^3.0.0",
     "fs-extra": "^11.3.0",
     "fuse.js": "^7.1.0",
diff --git a/src/Spago/Db.js b/src/Spago/Db.js
index 793ce65e5..dd972ad09 100644
--- a/src/Spago/Db.js
+++ b/src/Spago/Db.js
@@ -1,118 +1,172 @@
-import Database from "better-sqlite3";
+import { DatabaseSync } from "node:sqlite";
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import path from "node:path";
 
-export const connectImpl = (path, logger) => {
-  logger("Connecting to database at " + path);
-  let db = new Database(path, {
-    fileMustExist: false,
-    // verbose: logger,
+export const connectImpl = (databasePath, logger) => {
+  return Promise.resolve().then(() => {
+    logger("Connecting to database at " + databasePath);
+
+    // Ensure directory exists
+    try {
+      const dir = path.dirname(databasePath);
+      if (dir) {
+        fs.mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      // ignore - will fail later if needed
+    }
+
+    const db = new DatabaseSync(databasePath, {
+      enableForeignKeyConstraints: true,
+    });
+
+    db.exec("PRAGMA journal_mode = WAL");
+    db.exec("PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON");
+
+    db.prepare(`CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS package_sets
+      ( version TEXT PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL
+      , compiler TEXT NOT NULL
+      , date TEXT NOT NULL
+      )`).run();
+    db.prepare(`CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS package_set_entries
+      ( packageSetVersion TEXT NOT NULL
+      , packageName TEXT NOT NULL
+      , packageVersion TEXT NOT NULL
+      , PRIMARY KEY (packageSetVersion, packageName, packageVersion)
+      , FOREIGN KEY (packageSetVersion) REFERENCES package_sets(version)
+      )`).run();
+    db.prepare(`CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS last_git_pull
+      ( key TEXT PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL
+      , date TEXT NOT NULL
+      )`).run();
+    db.prepare(`CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS package_metadata
+      ( name TEXT PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL
+      , metadata TEXT NOT NULL
+      , last_fetched TEXT NOT NULL
+      )`).run();
+    // it would be lovely if we'd have a foreign key on package_metadata, but that would
+    // require reading metadata before manifests, which we can't always guarantee
+    db.prepare(`CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS package_manifests
+      ( name TEXT NOT NULL
+      , version TEXT NOT NULL
+      , manifest TEXT NOT NULL
+      , PRIMARY KEY (name, version)
+      )`).run();
+    return db;
   });
-  db.pragma("journal_mode = WAL");
-  db.pragma("foreign_keys = ON");
-
-  db.prepare(`CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS package_sets
-    ( version TEXT PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL
-    , compiler TEXT NOT NULL
-    , date TEXT NOT NULL
-    )`).run();
-  db.prepare(`CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS package_set_entries
-    ( packageSetVersion TEXT NOT NULL
-    , packageName TEXT NOT NULL
-    , packageVersion TEXT NOT NULL
-    , PRIMARY KEY (packageSetVersion, packageName, packageVersion)
-    , FOREIGN KEY (packageSetVersion) REFERENCES package_sets(version)
-    )`).run();
-  db.prepare(`CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS last_git_pull
-    ( key TEXT PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL
-    , date TEXT NOT NULL
-    )`).run();
-  db.prepare(`CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS package_metadata
-    ( name TEXT PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL
-    , metadata TEXT NOT NULL
-    , last_fetched TEXT NOT NULL
-    )`).run();
-  // it would be lovely if we'd have a foreign key on package_metadata, but that would
-  // require reading metadatas before manifests, which we can't always guarantee
-  db.prepare(`CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS package_manifests
-    ( name TEXT NOT NULL
-    , version TEXT NOT NULL
-    , manifest TEXT NOT NULL
-    , PRIMARY KEY (name, version)
-    )`).run();
-  return db;
 };
 
 export const insertPackageSetImpl = (db, packageSet) => {
-  db.prepare(
-    "INSERT INTO package_sets (version, compiler, date) VALUES (@version, @compiler, @date)"
-  ).run(packageSet);
+  return Promise.resolve().then(() => {
+    db.prepare(
+      "INSERT INTO package_sets (version, compiler, date) VALUES (@version, @compiler, @date)"
+    ).run(packageSet);
+  });
 };
 
 export const insertPackageSetEntryImpl = (db, packageSetEntry) => {
-  db.prepare(
-    "INSERT INTO package_set_entries (packageSetVersion, packageName, packageVersion) VALUES (@packageSetVersion, @packageName, @packageVersion)"
-  ).run(packageSetEntry);
-}
+  return Promise.resolve().then(() => {
+    db.prepare(
+      "INSERT INTO package_set_entries (packageSetVersion, packageName, packageVersion) VALUES (@packageSetVersion, @packageName, @packageVersion)"
+    ).run(packageSetEntry);
+  });
+};
 
 export const selectLatestPackageSetByCompilerImpl = (db, compiler) => {
-  const row = db
-    .prepare("SELECT * FROM package_sets WHERE compiler = ? ORDER BY date DESC LIMIT 1")
-    .get(compiler);
-  return row;
-}
+  return Promise.resolve().then(() => {
+    const row = db
+      .prepare("SELECT * FROM package_sets WHERE compiler = ? ORDER BY date DESC LIMIT 1")
+      .get(compiler);
+    return row;
+  });
+};
 
 export const selectPackageSetsImpl = (db) => {
-  const row = db
-    .prepare("SELECT * FROM package_sets ORDER BY date ASC")
-    .all();
-  return row;
-}
+  return Promise.resolve().then(() => {
+    const rows = db.prepare("SELECT * FROM package_sets ORDER BY date ASC").all();
+    return rows;
+  });
+};
 
 export const selectPackageSetEntriesBySetImpl = (db, packageSetVersion) => {
-  const row = db
-    .prepare("SELECT * FROM package_set_entries WHERE packageSetVersion = ?")
-    .all(packageSetVersion);
-  return row;
-}
+  return Promise.resolve().then(() => {
+    const rows = db
+      .prepare("SELECT * FROM package_set_entries WHERE packageSetVersion = ?")
+      .all(packageSetVersion);
+    return rows;
+  });
+};
 
 export const selectPackageSetEntriesByPackageImpl = (db, packageName, packageVersion) => {
-  const row = db
-    .prepare("SELECT * FROM package_set_entries WHERE packageName = ? AND packageVersion = ?")
-    .all(packageName, packageVersion);
-  return row;
-}
+  return Promise.resolve().then(() => {
+    const rows = db
+      .prepare("SELECT * FROM package_set_entries WHERE packageName = ? AND packageVersion = ?")
+      .all(packageName, packageVersion);
+    return rows;
+  });
+};
 
 export const getLastPullImpl = (db, key) => {
-  const row = db
-    .prepare("SELECT * FROM last_git_pull WHERE key = ? LIMIT 1")
-    .get(key);
-  return row?.date;
-}
+  return Promise.resolve().then(() => {
+    const row = db
+      .prepare("SELECT * FROM last_git_pull WHERE key = ? LIMIT 1")
+      .get(key);
+    return row?.date;
+  });
+};
 
 export const updateLastPullImpl = (db, key, date) => {
-  db.prepare("INSERT OR REPLACE INTO last_git_pull (key, date) VALUES (@key, @date)").run({ key, date });
-}
+  return Promise.resolve().then(() => {
+    db.prepare("INSERT OR REPLACE INTO last_git_pull (key, date) VALUES (?, ?)").run(key, date);
+  });
+};
 
 export const getManifestImpl = (db, name, version) => {
-  const row = db
-    .prepare("SELECT * FROM package_manifests WHERE name = ? AND version = ? LIMIT 1")
-    .get(name, version);
-  return row?.manifest;
-}
+  return Promise.resolve().then(() => {
+    const row = db
+      .prepare("SELECT * FROM package_manifests WHERE name = ? AND version = ? LIMIT 1")
+      .get(name, version);
+    return row?.manifest;
+  });
+};
 
 export const insertManifestImpl = (db, name, version, manifest) => {
-  db.prepare("INSERT OR IGNORE INTO package_manifests (name, version, manifest) VALUES (@name, @version, @manifest)").run({ name, version, manifest });
-}
+  return Promise.resolve().then(() => {
+    db.prepare("INSERT OR IGNORE INTO package_manifests (name, version, manifest) VALUES (?, ?, ?)").run(
+      name,
+      version,
+      manifest
+    );
+  });
+};
 
 export const removeManifestImpl = (db, name, version) => {
-  db.prepare("DELETE FROM package_manifests WHERE name = ? AND version = ?").run(name, version);
-}
+  return Promise.resolve().then(() => {
+    db.prepare("DELETE FROM package_manifests WHERE name = ? AND version = ?").run(name, version);
+  });
+};
 
 export const insertMetadataImpl = (db, name, metadata, last_fetched) => {
-  db.prepare("INSERT OR REPLACE INTO package_metadata (name, metadata, last_fetched) VALUES (@name, @metadata, @last_fetched)").run({ name, metadata, last_fetched });
-}
+  return Promise.resolve().then(() => {
+    db.prepare(
+      "INSERT OR REPLACE INTO package_metadata (name, metadata, last_fetched) VALUES (@name, @metadata, @last_fetched)"
+    ).run({ name, metadata, last_fetched });
+  });
+};
+
+export const getMetadataImpl = (db, name) => {
+  return Promise.resolve().then(() => {
+    const row = db
+      .prepare("SELECT * FROM package_metadata WHERE name = ? LIMIT 1")
+      .get(name);
+    return row;
+  });
+};
 
 export const getMetadataForPackagesImpl = (db, names) => {
-  // There can be a lot of package names here, potentially hitting the max number of sqlite parameters, so we use json to bypass this
-  const query = db.prepare("SELECT * FROM package_metadata WHERE name IN (SELECT value FROM json_each(?));");
-  return query.all(JSON.stringify(names));
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+  return Promise.resolve().then(() => {
+    // There can be a lot of package names here, potentially hitting the max number of sqlite parameters, so we use json to bypass this
+    const query = db.prepare("SELECT * FROM package_metadata WHERE name IN (SELECT value FROM json_each(?));");
+    return query.all(JSON.stringify(names));
+  });
+};
diff --git a/src/Spago/Db.purs b/src/Spago/Db.purs
index 979ad6aaa..1003998bd 100644
--- a/src/Spago/Db.purs
+++ b/src/Spago/Db.purs
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ module Spago.Db
 
 import Spago.Prelude
 
+import Control.Promise (Promise)
+import Control.Promise as Promise
 import Data.Array as Array
 import Data.Codec.JSON as CJ
 import Data.Codec.JSON.Record as CJ.Record
@@ -51,23 +53,24 @@ type ConnectOptions =
   , logger :: String -> Effect Unit
   }
 
-connect :: ConnectOptions -> Effect Db
-connect { database, logger } = Uncurried.runEffectFn2 connectImpl database (Uncurried.mkEffectFn1 logger)
+connect :: ConnectOptions -> Aff Db
+connect { database, logger } =
+  Promise.toAffE $ Uncurried.runEffectFn2 connectImpl database (Uncurried.mkEffectFn1 logger)
 
-insertPackageSet :: Db -> PackageSet -> Effect Unit
-insertPackageSet db = Uncurried.runEffectFn2 insertPackageSetImpl db <<< packageSetToJs
+insertPackageSet :: Db -> PackageSet -> Aff Unit
+insertPackageSet db = Promise.toAffE <<< Uncurried.runEffectFn2 insertPackageSetImpl db <<< packageSetToJs
 
-insertPackageSetEntry :: Db -> PackageSetEntry -> Effect Unit
-insertPackageSetEntry db = Uncurried.runEffectFn2 insertPackageSetEntryImpl db <<< packageSetEntryToJs
+insertPackageSetEntry :: Db -> PackageSetEntry -> Aff Unit
+insertPackageSetEntry db = Promise.toAffE <<< Uncurried.runEffectFn2 insertPackageSetEntryImpl db <<< packageSetEntryToJs
 
-selectPackageSets :: Db -> Effect (Array PackageSet)
+selectPackageSets :: Db -> Aff (Array PackageSet)
 selectPackageSets db = do
-  packageSets <- Uncurried.runEffectFn1 selectPackageSetsImpl db
+  packageSets <- Promise.toAffE $ Uncurried.runEffectFn1 selectPackageSetsImpl db
   pure $ Array.mapMaybe packageSetFromJs packageSets
 
-selectLatestPackageSetByCompiler :: Db -> Version -> Effect (Maybe PackageSet)
+selectLatestPackageSetByCompiler :: Db -> Version -> Aff (Maybe PackageSet)
 selectLatestPackageSetByCompiler db compiler = do
-  maybePackageSet <- Nullable.toMaybe <$> Uncurried.runEffectFn2 selectLatestPackageSetByCompilerImpl db (Version.print compiler)
+  maybePackageSet <- Nullable.toMaybe <$> Promise.toAffE (Uncurried.runEffectFn2 selectLatestPackageSetByCompilerImpl db (Version.print compiler))
   pure $ packageSetFromJs =<< maybePackageSet
 
 {-
@@ -85,31 +88,31 @@ selectPackageSetEntriesByPackage db packageName version = do
   pure $ Array.mapMaybe packageSetEntryFromJs packageSetEntries
 -}
 
-getLastPull :: Db -> String -> Effect (Maybe DateTime)
+getLastPull :: Db -> String -> Aff (Maybe DateTime)
 getLastPull db key = do
-  maybePull <- Nullable.toMaybe <$> Uncurried.runEffectFn2 getLastPullImpl db key
+  maybePull <- Nullable.toMaybe <$> Promise.toAffE (Uncurried.runEffectFn2 getLastPullImpl db key)
   pure $ (Either.hush <<< DateTime.Format.unformat Internal.Format.iso8601DateTime) =<< maybePull
 
-updateLastPull :: Db -> String -> DateTime -> Effect Unit
-updateLastPull db key date = Uncurried.runEffectFn3 updateLastPullImpl db key (DateTime.Format.format Internal.Format.iso8601DateTime date)
+updateLastPull :: Db -> String -> DateTime -> Aff Unit
+updateLastPull db key date = Promise.toAffE $ Uncurried.runEffectFn3 updateLastPullImpl db key (DateTime.Format.format Internal.Format.iso8601DateTime date)
 
-getManifest :: Db -> PackageName -> Version -> Effect (Maybe Manifest)
+getManifest :: Db -> PackageName -> Version -> Aff (Maybe Manifest)
 getManifest db packageName version = do
-  maybeManifest <- Nullable.toMaybe <$> Uncurried.runEffectFn3 getManifestImpl db (PackageName.print packageName) (Version.print version)
+  maybeManifest <- Nullable.toMaybe <$> Promise.toAffE (Uncurried.runEffectFn3 getManifestImpl db (PackageName.print packageName) (Version.print version))
   pure $ (Either.hush <<< parseJson Manifest.codec) =<< maybeManifest
 
-insertManifest :: Db -> PackageName -> Version -> Manifest -> Effect Unit
-insertManifest db packageName version manifest = Uncurried.runEffectFn4 insertManifestImpl db (PackageName.print packageName) (Version.print version) (printJson Manifest.codec manifest)
+insertManifest :: Db -> PackageName -> Version -> Manifest -> Aff Unit
+insertManifest db packageName version manifest = Promise.toAffE $ Uncurried.runEffectFn4 insertManifestImpl db (PackageName.print packageName) (Version.print version) (printJson Manifest.codec manifest)
 
-getMetadata :: Db -> PackageName -> Effect (Maybe Metadata)
+getMetadata :: Db -> PackageName -> Aff (Maybe Metadata)
 getMetadata db packageName =
   getMetadataForPackages db [ packageName ]
     <#> Map.lookup packageName
 
-getMetadataForPackages :: Db -> Array PackageName -> Effect (Map PackageName Metadata)
+getMetadataForPackages :: Db -> Array PackageName -> Aff (Map PackageName Metadata)
 getMetadataForPackages db packageNames = do
-  metadataEntries <- Uncurried.runEffectFn2 getMetadataForPackagesImpl db (PackageName.print <$> packageNames)
-  now <- Now.nowDateTime
+  metadataEntries <- Promise.toAffE $ Uncurried.runEffectFn2 getMetadataForPackagesImpl db (PackageName.print <$> packageNames)
+  now <- liftEffect Now.nowDateTime
   pure
     $ metadataEntries
     #
@@ -125,13 +128,13 @@ getMetadataForPackages db packageNames = do
       )
     # Map.fromFoldable
 
-insertMetadata :: Db -> PackageName -> Metadata -> Effect Unit
+insertMetadata :: Db -> PackageName -> Metadata -> Aff Unit
 insertMetadata db packageName metadata@(Metadata { unpublished }) = do
-  now <- Now.nowDateTime
-  Uncurried.runEffectFn4 insertMetadataImpl db (PackageName.print packageName) (printJson Metadata.codec metadata) (DateTime.Format.format Internal.Format.iso8601DateTime now)
+  now <- liftEffect Now.nowDateTime
+  Promise.toAffE $ Uncurried.runEffectFn4 insertMetadataImpl db (PackageName.print packageName) (printJson Metadata.codec metadata) (DateTime.Format.format Internal.Format.iso8601DateTime now)
   -- we also do a pass of removing the cached manifests that have been unpublished
   for_ (Map.toUnfoldable unpublished :: Array _) \(Tuple version _) -> do
-    Uncurried.runEffectFn3 removeManifestImpl db (PackageName.print packageName) (Version.print version)
+    Promise.toAffE $ Uncurried.runEffectFn3 removeManifestImpl db (PackageName.print packageName) (Version.print version)
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- Table types and conversions
@@ -232,32 +235,32 @@ packageSetCodec = CJ.named "PackageSet" $ CJ.Record.object
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- FFI
 
-foreign import connectImpl :: EffectFn2 GlobalPath (EffectFn1 String Unit) Db
+foreign import connectImpl :: EffectFn2 GlobalPath (EffectFn1 String Unit) (Promise Db)
 
-foreign import insertPackageSetImpl :: EffectFn2 Db PackageSetJs Unit
+foreign import insertPackageSetImpl :: EffectFn2 Db PackageSetJs (Promise Unit)
 
-foreign import insertPackageSetEntryImpl :: EffectFn2 Db PackageSetEntryJs Unit
+foreign import insertPackageSetEntryImpl :: EffectFn2 Db PackageSetEntryJs (Promise Unit)
 
-foreign import selectLatestPackageSetByCompilerImpl :: EffectFn2 Db String (Nullable PackageSetJs)
+foreign import selectLatestPackageSetByCompilerImpl :: EffectFn2 Db String (Promise (Nullable PackageSetJs))
 
-foreign import selectPackageSetsImpl :: EffectFn1 Db (Array PackageSetJs)
+foreign import selectPackageSetsImpl :: EffectFn1 Db (Promise (Array PackageSetJs))
 
-foreign import selectPackageSetEntriesBySetImpl :: EffectFn2 Db String (Array PackageSetEntryJs)
+foreign import selectPackageSetEntriesBySetImpl :: EffectFn2 Db String (Promise (Array PackageSetEntryJs))
 
-foreign import selectPackageSetEntriesByPackageImpl :: EffectFn3 Db String String (Array PackageSetEntryJs)
+foreign import selectPackageSetEntriesByPackageImpl :: EffectFn3 Db String String (Promise (Array PackageSetEntryJs))
 
-foreign import getLastPullImpl :: EffectFn2 Db String (Nullable String)
+foreign import getLastPullImpl :: EffectFn2 Db String (Promise (Nullable String))
 
-foreign import updateLastPullImpl :: EffectFn3 Db String String Unit
+foreign import updateLastPullImpl :: EffectFn3 Db String String (Promise Unit)
 
-foreign import getManifestImpl :: EffectFn3 Db String String (Nullable String)
+foreign import getManifestImpl :: EffectFn3 Db String String (Promise (Nullable String))
 
-foreign import insertManifestImpl :: EffectFn4 Db String String String Unit
+foreign import insertManifestImpl :: EffectFn4 Db String String String (Promise Unit)
 
-foreign import removeManifestImpl :: EffectFn3 Db String String Unit
+foreign import removeManifestImpl :: EffectFn3 Db String String (Promise Unit)
 
-foreign import getMetadataImpl :: EffectFn2 Db String (Nullable MetadataEntryJs)
+foreign import getMetadataImpl :: EffectFn2 Db String (Promise (Nullable MetadataEntryJs))
 
-foreign import getMetadataForPackagesImpl :: EffectFn2 Db (Array String) (Array MetadataEntryJs)
+foreign import getMetadataForPackagesImpl :: EffectFn2 Db (Array String) (Promise (Array MetadataEntryJs))
 
-foreign import insertMetadataImpl :: EffectFn4 Db String String String Unit
+foreign import insertMetadataImpl :: EffectFn4 Db String String String (Promise Unit)
diff --git a/src/Spago/Registry.purs b/src/Spago/Registry.purs
index c9ef7ed29..163bc0141 100644
--- a/src/Spago/Registry.purs
+++ b/src/Spago/Registry.purs
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ getRegistryFns registryBox registryLock = do
   updatePackageSetsDb db = do
     { logOptions } <- ask
     setsAvailable <- map Set.fromFoldable getAvailablePackageSets
-    setsInDb <- map (Set.fromFoldable <<< map _.version) (liftEffect $ Db.selectPackageSets db)
+    setsInDb <- map (Set.fromFoldable <<< map _.version) (liftAff $ Db.selectPackageSets db)
     let setsToInsert = Set.difference setsAvailable setsInDb
 
     unless (Set.isEmpty setsToInsert) do
@@ -203,10 +203,10 @@ getRegistryFns registryBox registryLock = do
         PackageSet set <- runSpago { logOptions } (readPackageSetImpl setVersion)
         -- First insert the package set
         logDebug $ "Inserting package set in DB: " <> Version.print setVersion
-        liftEffect $ Db.insertPackageSet db { compiler: set.compiler, date: set.published, version: set.version }
+        liftAff $ Db.insertPackageSet db { compiler: set.compiler, date: set.published, version: set.version }
         -- Then we insert every entry separately
         for_ (Map.toUnfoldable set.packages :: Array _) \(Tuple name version) -> do
-          liftEffect $ Db.insertPackageSetEntry db { packageName: name, packageVersion: version, packageSetVersion: set.version }
+          liftAff $ Db.insertPackageSetEntry db { packageName: name, packageVersion: version, packageSetVersion: set.version }
 
   -- | List all the package sets versions available in the Registry repo
   getAvailablePackageSets :: ∀ a. Spago (LogEnv a) (Array Version)
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ getMetadataForPackagesImpl db onlineStatus names = do
       parTraverseSpago metadataFromFile names
     false -> do
       -- the first layer of caching is in the DB, so we try that first
-      metadatas <- liftEffect $ Db.getMetadataForPackages db names
+      metadatas <- liftAff $ Db.getMetadataForPackages db names
       parTraverseSpago
         ( \name -> do
             case Map.lookup name metadatas of
@@ -270,13 +270,13 @@ getMetadataForPackagesImpl db onlineStatus names = do
       Left e -> pure $ Left e
       Right m -> do
         -- memoize it if found
-        liftEffect (Db.insertMetadata db pkgName m)
+        liftAff (Db.insertMetadata db pkgName m)
         pure $ Right (pkgName /\ m)
 
 -- Manifests are immutable so we can just lookup in the DB or read from file if not there
 getManifestFromIndexImpl :: Db -> PackageName -> Version -> Spago (LogEnv ()) (Maybe Manifest)
 getManifestFromIndexImpl db name version = do
-  liftEffect (Db.getManifest db name version) >>= case _ of
+  liftAff (Db.getManifest db name version) >>= case _ of
     Just manifest -> pure (Just manifest)
     Nothing -> do
       -- if we don't have it we need to read it from file
@@ -292,18 +292,18 @@ getManifestFromIndexImpl db name version = do
       -- and memoize it
       for_ manifests \(Tuple _ manifest@(Manifest m)) -> do
         logDebug $ "Inserting manifest in DB: " <> PackageName.print name <> " v" <> Version.print m.version
-        liftEffect $ Db.insertManifest db name m.version manifest
+        liftAff $ Db.insertManifest db name m.version manifest
       pure (Map.lookup version versions)
 
 listPackageSetsImpl :: Spago (PreRegistryEnv _) (Array Db.PackageSet)
 listPackageSetsImpl = do
   { db } <- ask
-  liftEffect $ Db.selectPackageSets db
+  liftAff $ Db.selectPackageSets db
 
 findPackageSetImpl :: forall a. Maybe Version -> Spago (PreRegistryEnv a) Version
 findPackageSetImpl maybeSet = do
   { db, purs } <- ask
-  availableSets <- liftEffect $ Db.selectPackageSets db
+  availableSets <- liftAff $ Db.selectPackageSets db
   let availableVersions = map _.version availableSets
 
   case maybeSet of
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ findPackageSetImpl maybeSet = do
         <> map (indent <<< toDoc <<< Version.print) (Array.sort availableVersions)
     -- no set in input: read the compiler version, get the latest set matching
     Nothing -> do
-      maybeVersion <- liftEffect $ Db.selectLatestPackageSetByCompiler db purs.version
+      maybeVersion <- liftAff $ Db.selectLatestPackageSetByCompiler db purs.version
       case maybeVersion of
         -- if we get a version, all good
         Just { version } -> pure version
@@ -354,12 +354,12 @@ shouldFetchRegistryRepos :: ∀ a. Db -> Spago (LogEnv a) Boolean
 shouldFetchRegistryRepos db = do
   now <- liftEffect $ Now.nowDateTime
   let registryKey = "registry"
-  maybeLastRegistryFetch <- liftEffect $ Db.getLastPull db registryKey
+  maybeLastRegistryFetch <- liftAff $ Db.getLastPull db registryKey
   case maybeLastRegistryFetch of
     -- No record, so we have to fetch
     Nothing -> do
       logDebug "No record of last registry pull, will fetch"
-      liftEffect $ Db.updateLastPull db registryKey now
+      liftAff $ Db.updateLastPull db registryKey now
       pure true
     -- We have a record, so we check if it's old enough
     Just lastRegistryFetch -> do
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ shouldFetchRegistryRepos db = do
       registryExists <- FS.exists Paths.registryPath
       if isOldEnough || not registryExists then do
         logDebug "Registry is old, refreshing"
-        liftEffect $ Db.updateLastPull db registryKey now
+        liftAff $ Db.updateLastPull db registryKey now
         pure true
       else do
         pure false
diff --git a/test/Prelude.purs b/test/Prelude.purs
index 1b5881da8..00e0a1c40 100644
--- a/test/Prelude.purs
+++ b/test/Prelude.purs
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ withTempDir = Aff.bracket createTempDir cleanupTempDir
       spago' stdin args =
         Cmd.exec
           (Path.global "node")
-          ([ Path.toRaw $ oldCwd </> "bin" </> "index.dev.js" ] <> args)
+          ([ "--no-warnings", Path.toRaw $ oldCwd </> "bin" </> "index.dev.js" ] <> args)
           $ Cmd.defaultExecOptions { pipeStdout = false, pipeStderr = false, pipeStdin = stdin }
 
       spago = spago' StdinNewPipe