diff --git a/bindings/javascript/packages/native/promise.test.ts b/bindings/javascript/packages/native/promise.test.ts
index 19f3c2b86..a2358adba 100644
--- a/bindings/javascript/packages/native/promise.test.ts
+++ b/bindings/javascript/packages/native/promise.test.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ test('implicit connect', async () => {
     const defer = db.prepare("SELECT * FROM t");
     await expect(async () => await defer.all()).rejects.toThrowError(/no such table: t/);
     expect(() => db.prepare("SELECT * FROM t")).toThrowError(/no such table: t/);
+    expect(await db.prepare("SELECT 1 as x").all()).toEqual([{ x: 1 }]);
 })
 
 test('zero-limit-bug', async () => {
diff --git a/bindings/javascript/packages/wasm/promise.test.ts b/bindings/javascript/packages/wasm/promise.test.ts
index 9f3f210d7..77176d9f9 100644
--- a/bindings/javascript/packages/wasm/promise.test.ts
+++ b/bindings/javascript/packages/wasm/promise.test.ts
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@ test('in-memory db', async () => {
     expect(rows).toEqual([{ x: 1 }, { x: 3 }]);
 })
 
-test('explicit connect', async () => {
+test('implicit connect', async () => {
     const db = new Database(':memory:');
-    expect(() => db.prepare("SELECT 1")).toThrowError(/database must be connected/g);
-    await db.connect();
+    const defer = db.prepare("SELECT * FROM t");
+    await expect(async () => await defer.all()).rejects.toThrowError(/no such table: t/);
+    expect(() => db.prepare("SELECT * FROM t")).toThrowError(/no such table: t/);
     expect(await db.prepare("SELECT 1 as x").all()).toEqual([{ x: 1 }]);
 })
 
diff --git a/bindings/javascript/sync/packages/native/promise.test.ts b/bindings/javascript/sync/packages/native/promise.test.ts
index 503c4934d..02afd7567 100644
--- a/bindings/javascript/sync/packages/native/promise.test.ts
+++ b/bindings/javascript/sync/packages/native/promise.test.ts
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ function cleanup(path) {
     try { unlinkSync(`${path}-wal-revert`) } catch (e) { }
 }
 
-test('explicit connect', async () => {
+test('implicit connect', async () => {
     const db = new Database({ path: ':memory:', url: process.env.VITE_TURSO_DB_URL });
-    expect(() => db.prepare("SELECT 1")).toThrowError(/database must be connected/g);
-    await db.connect();
+    const defer = db.prepare("SELECT * FROM t");
+    await expect(async () => await defer.all()).rejects.toThrowError(/no such table: t/);
+    expect(() => db.prepare("SELECT * FROM t")).toThrowError(/no such table: t/);
     expect(await db.prepare("SELECT 1 as x").all()).toEqual([{ x: 1 }]);
 })