diff --git a/packages/io/src/lib.ts b/packages/io/src/lib.ts
index 2c775b7..479a20d 100644
--- a/packages/io/src/lib.ts
+++ b/packages/io/src/lib.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export interface StitchesIOPort {
   /**
    * The database schema objects
    */
-  schema: typeof schema
+  schema: schema.Schema
   /**
    * A repository of services for working with the database objects
    */
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export interface StitchesIOPort {
    * A direct access to the Object Relational Mapper (ORM) for more
    * advanced control when the repository doesn't suffice
    */
-  mapper: SQLJsDatabase<typeof schema>
+  mapper: SQLJsDatabase<schema.Schema>
   /**
    * A method to use to export the database file from memory as a
    * `Uint8Array` representation in memory.
@@ -87,7 +87,11 @@ export async function open(
 
   const SQLite = await initSqlJs(cfg)
   const sqlite = new SQLite.Database(database)
-  const mapper = drizzle(sqlite, { casing: 'snake_case', schema, logger: config.log })
+  const mapper = drizzle<schema.Schema>(sqlite, {
+    casing: 'snake_case',
+    schema: schema,
+    logger: config.log
+  })
 
   const repo: StitchesIORepos = {
     tasks: new TasksRepository(mapper),
diff --git a/packages/io/src/repositories/utils.ts b/packages/io/src/repositories/utils.ts
index 8414697..ee662d6 100644
--- a/packages/io/src/repositories/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/io/src/repositories/utils.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,14 @@
-import { type UpdateTableConfig, isNotNull, isNull } from 'drizzle-orm'
-import type {
-  AnySQLiteSelect,
-  SQLiteColumn,
-  SQLiteTableWithColumns,
-  TableConfig
-} from 'drizzle-orm/sqlite-core'
+import { SQLWrapper, type UpdateTableConfig, isNotNull, isNull } from 'drizzle-orm'
+import type { SQLiteColumn, SQLiteTableWithColumns, TableConfig } from 'drizzle-orm/sqlite-core'
 
 type Table = SQLiteTableWithColumns<
   UpdateTableConfig<TableConfig, { columns: { deletedAt: SQLiteColumn } }>
 >
-type Query = AnySQLiteSelect | Omit<AnySQLiteSelect, 'where'>
-type DynamicQuery<Q extends Query> = ReturnType<Q['$dynamic']>
 
-export function withUnredacted<Q extends Query, T extends Table>(q: Q, t: T): DynamicQuery<Q> {
-  return q.$dynamic().where(isNull(t.deletedAt)) as ReturnType<Q['$dynamic']>
+export function withUnredacted<T extends Table>(t: T, filters: SQLWrapper[]) {
+  return [...filters, isNull(t.deletedAt)]
 }
 
-export function withRedacted<Q extends Query, T extends Table>(q: Q, t: T): DynamicQuery<Q> {
-  return q.$dynamic().where(isNotNull(t.deletedAt)) as DynamicQuery<Q>
+export function withRedacted<T extends Table>(t: T, filters: SQLWrapper[]) {
+  return [...filters, isNotNull(t.deletedAt)]
 }
diff --git a/packages/io/src/schema/index.ts b/packages/io/src/schema/index.ts
index f731b3d..8d45131 100644
--- a/packages/io/src/schema/index.ts
+++ b/packages/io/src/schema/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 export * from './tags-to-tasks.schema'
 export * from './tags.schema'
 export * from './tasks.schema'
+export * from './type'
diff --git a/packages/io/src/schema/type.ts b/packages/io/src/schema/type.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e3c728
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/io/src/schema/type.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import * as schema from './index'
+
+type TSchema = typeof schema
+
+// type StitchesSchema = { [P in keyof Schema]: Schema[P] }
+
+export interface Schema extends TSchema {}
diff --git a/packages/io/src/utils.ts b/packages/io/src/utils.ts
index b86f6c4..c3a5203 100644
--- a/packages/io/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/io/src/utils.ts
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ import { monotonicFactory } from 'ulidx'
 export const ulid = monotonicFactory()
 
 export const fragments = {
-  now: sql`((strftime('%s', 'now') * 1000) + (strftime('%f', 'now') % 1 * 1000))`
+  now: sql`(strftime('%s', 'now') || substr(strftime('%f', 'now'), -3))`
 }