diff --git a/relay.spec b/relay.spec
index 535e5fe..8510cd8 100644
--- a/relay.spec
+++ b/relay.spec
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ exe = EXE(
 	a.datas,
 	[],
 	name='activityrelay',
+	icon=None,
 	debug=False,
 	bootloader_ignore_signals=False,
 	strip=False,
diff --git a/relay/database/__init__.py b/relay/database/__init__.py
index ede8556..8e79200 100644
--- a/relay/database/__init__.py
+++ b/relay/database/__init__.py
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
 
 def get_database(config: Config, migrate: bool = True) -> tinysql.Database:
 	if config.db_type == "sqlite":
-		# todo: remove check_same_thread when tinysql stores connections per thread
 		db = tinysql.Database.sqlite(
 			config.sqlite_path,
 			connection_class = Connection,
-			check_same_thread = False
+			min_connections = 2,
+			max_connections = 10
 		)
 
 	elif config.db_type == "postgres":
diff --git a/relay/http_client.py b/relay/http_client.py
index f461843..5040059 100644
--- a/relay/http_client.py
+++ b/relay/http_client.py
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ class HttpClient:
 	async def post(self, url: str, message: Message) -> None:
 		await self.open()
 
+		# todo: cache inboxes to avoid opening a db connection
 		with get_app().database.connection() as conn:
 			instance = conn.get_inbox(url)
 
diff --git a/relay/views.py b/relay/views.py
index 456fc56..8b84c02 100644
--- a/relay/views.py
+++ b/relay/views.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ from aputils.errors import SignatureFailureError
 from aputils.misc import Digest, HttpDate, Signature
 from aputils.objects import Nodeinfo, Webfinger, WellKnownNodeinfo
 from pathlib import Path
-from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 from . import __version__
 from . import logger as logging
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index cc6fc4d..43ebfe4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ aputils@https://git.barkshark.xyz/barkshark/aputils/archive/0.1.6a.tar.gz
 cachetools>=5.2.0
 click>=8.1.2
 pyyaml>=6.0
-tinysql@https://git.barkshark.xyz/barkshark/tinysql/archive/0.2.1.tar.gz
+tinysql@https://git.barkshark.xyz/barkshark/tinysql/archive/0.2.2a.tar.gz