diff --git a/pgstore.go b/pgstore.go
index 91019cd..c3dd9d3 100644
--- a/pgstore.go
+++ b/pgstore.go
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ package pgstore
 import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"encoding/base32"
+	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
-
 	"github.com/gorilla/securecookie"
 	"github.com/gorilla/sessions"
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ type PGStore struct {
 	Codecs  []securecookie.Codec
 	Options *sessions.Options
 	Path    string
-	DbPool  *sql.DB
+	DbPool  *sqlx.DB
 }
 
 // PGSession type
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ type PGSession struct {
 // NewPGStore creates a new PGStore instance and a new database/sql pool.
 // This will also create in the database the schema needed by pgstore.
 func NewPGStore(dbURL string, keyPairs ...[]byte) (*PGStore, error) {
-	db, err := sql.Open("postgres", dbURL)
+	db, err := sqlx.Open("postgres", dbURL)
 	if err != nil {
 		// Ignore and return nil.
 		return nil, err
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func NewPGStore(dbURL string, keyPairs ...[]byte) (*PGStore, error) {
 // NewPGStoreFromPool creates a new PGStore instance from an existing
 // database/sql pool.
 // This will also create the database schema needed by pgstore.
-func NewPGStoreFromPool(db *sql.DB, keyPairs ...[]byte) (*PGStore, error) {
+func NewPGStoreFromPool(db *sqlx.DB, keyPairs ...[]byte) (*PGStore, error) {
 	dbStore := &PGStore{
 		Codecs: securecookie.CodecsFromPairs(keyPairs...),
 		Options: &sessions.Options{