diff --git a/php/model/DatabaseArticleManager.php b/php/model/DatabaseArticleManager.php
index 20c7484..1697071 100644
--- a/php/model/DatabaseArticleManager.php
+++ b/php/model/DatabaseArticleManager.php
@@ -20,10 +20,8 @@ class DatabaseArticleManager implements ArticleManagerDAO {
     {
         if (!file_exists(__DIR__ . '/../../db/articles.db')) {
             try {
-                $user = 'root';
-                $pw = null;
-                $dsn = 'sqlite:' . __DIR__ . '/../../db/articles.db';
-                $db = new PDO($dsn, $user, $pw);
+
+                $db = $this->getConnection();
 
                 $db->exec("
                     CREATE TABLE articles (