diff --git a/src/common/repository/sqlite/StellaDb.cxx b/src/common/repository/sqlite/StellaDb.cxx
index faca5a886..78a3dd348 100644
--- a/src/common/repository/sqlite/StellaDb.cxx
+++ b/src/common/repository/sqlite/StellaDb.cxx
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ void StellaDb::importOldStellaDb(const FilesystemNode& node)
   try {
     SqliteStatement(
       *myDb,
-      "ATTACH DATABASE ? AS old_db"
+      "ATTACH DATABASE ? AS `old_db`"
     )
       .bind(1, node.getPath())
       .step();