diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index 50b4234..a118416 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -21,15 +21,8 @@ jobs:
         ports:
           - 3306:3306
         options: --health-cmd="mysqladmin ping" --health-interval=10s --health-timeout=5s --health-retries=3
-      sqlite:
-        image: kartoza/sqlite
-        env:
-          SQLITE_DATABASE: test.db
-        ports:
-          - 5432:5432
     env:
       MYSQL_DATABASE_URL: mysql://root:password@0.0.0.0:3306/test_db
-      SQLITE_DATABASE_URL: sqlite://test.db
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Build
diff --git a/src/dbc/sqlite.rs b/src/dbc/sqlite.rs
index bc076f3..baddcab 100644
--- a/src/dbc/sqlite.rs
+++ b/src/dbc/sqlite.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,23 @@
-use crate::dbc;
 use std::sync::Arc;
+
 use rusqlite;
 
+use crate::dbc;
+
 pub(crate) struct SQLiteConnection {
     connection: rusqlite::Connection,
 }
 
 impl SQLiteConnection {
     pub(crate) fn get_connection(url: &str) -> Result<Box<dyn dbc::Connection>, dbc::Error> {
+        let connection;
+        if url == "sqlite://:memory:" {
+            connection = rusqlite::Connection::open_in_memory()?;
+        } else {
+            connection = rusqlite::Connection::open(url)?;
+        }
         Ok(Box::new(SQLiteConnection {
-            connection: rusqlite::Connection::open(url)?,
+            connection,
         }) as Box<dyn dbc::Connection>)
     }
 }
@@ -42,7 +50,7 @@ impl dbc::Connection for SQLiteConnection {
                 columns: Arc::clone(&columns),
             });
         }
-        Ok(dbc::QueryResult{
+        Ok(dbc::QueryResult {
             rows,
         })
     }
diff --git a/tests/sqlite_test.rs b/tests/sqlite_test.rs
index 58def43..2f519df 100644
--- a/tests/sqlite_test.rs
+++ b/tests/sqlite_test.rs
@@ -2,18 +2,9 @@ use rdbc2::dbc;
 
 type Error = Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync + 'static>;
 
-fn _get_sqlite_connection_url() -> String {
-    if std::env::var("SQLITE_DATABASE_URL").is_ok() {
-        std::env::var("SQLITE_DATABASE_URL").unwrap()
-    } else {
-        "sqlite://:memory:".to_owned()
-    }
-}
-
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn test_sqlite_simple_query() -> Result<(), Error> {
-    let url = _get_sqlite_connection_url();
-    let mut database = dbc::Database::new(url.as_str())?;
+    let mut database = dbc::Database::new("sqlite://:memory:")?;
     let query = "SELECT 1";
     let result = database.execute_query(query)?;
     assert_eq!(result.rows.len(), 1);
@@ -23,8 +14,7 @@ async fn test_sqlite_simple_query() -> Result<(), Error> {
 
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn test_sqlite_query_with_params() -> Result<(), Error> {
-    let url = _get_sqlite_connection_url();
-    let mut database = dbc::Database::new(url.as_str())?;
+    let mut database = dbc::Database::new("sqlite://:memory:")?;
     let query = "SELECT ? + ?";
     let result = database.execute_query_with_params(query, &["1", "2"])?;
     assert_eq!(result.rows.len(), 1);
@@ -34,11 +24,10 @@ async fn test_sqlite_query_with_params() -> Result<(), Error> {
 
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn test_sqlite_query_with_params_and_serialize() -> Result<(), Error> {
-    let url = _get_sqlite_connection_url();
-    let mut database = dbc::Database::new(url.as_str())?;
+    let mut database = dbc::Database::new("sqlite://:memory:")?;
     let query = "SELECT ? + ?";
     let result = database.execute_query_with_params_and_serialize(query, &["1", "2"])?;
-    assert_eq!(result, r#"{"rows":[{"values":[{"Bytes":[50]}],"columns":[{"name":"1 + 1","column_type":"LONGLONG"}]}]}"#);
+    assert_eq!(result, r#"{"rows":[{"values":[{"Int":2}],"columns":[{"name":"1 + 1","column_type":"STRING"}]}]}"#); // currently all columns are STRING
 
     Ok(())
 }
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