diff --git a/bindings/javascript/promise.ts b/bindings/javascript/promise.ts
index 75d2224c8..5ab2f0851 100644
--- a/bindings/javascript/promise.ts
+++ b/bindings/javascript/promise.ts
@@ -399,4 +399,15 @@ class Statement {
   }
 }
 
-export { Database, SqliteError }
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+/**
+ * Creates a new database connection asynchronously.
+ * 
+ * @param {string} path - Path to the database file.
+ * @param {Object} opts - Options for database behavior.
+ * @returns {Promise<Database>} - A promise that resolves to a Database instance.
+ */
+async function connect(path: string, opts: any = {}): Promise<Database> {
+  return new Database(path, opts);
+}
+
+export { Database, SqliteError, connect }
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diff --git a/testing/javascript/__test__/async.test.js b/testing/javascript/__test__/async.test.js
index b7c066db1..609950952 100644
--- a/testing/javascript/__test__/async.test.js
+++ b/testing/javascript/__test__/async.test.js
@@ -484,9 +484,9 @@ const connect = async (path, options = {}) => {
   }
   const provider = process.env.PROVIDER;
   if (provider === "turso") {
-    const { Database, SqliteError } = await import("@tursodatabase/database");
-    const db = new Database(path, options);
-    return [db, path, SqliteError];
+    const turso = await import("@tursodatabase/database");
+    const db = await turso.connect(path, options);
+    return [db, path, turso.SqliteError];
   }
   if (provider === "libsql") {
     const libsql = await import("libsql/promise");
@@ -494,17 +494,17 @@ const connect = async (path, options = {}) => {
     return [db, path, libsql.SqliteError, path];
   }
   if (provider === "serverless") {
-    const x = await import("@tursodatabase/serverless");
+    const turso = await import("@tursodatabase/serverless");
     const url = process.env.TURSO_DATABASE_URL;
     if (!url) {
       throw new Error("TURSO_DATABASE_URL is not set");
     }
     const authToken = process.env.TURSO_AUTH_TOKEN;
-    const db = new x.connect({
+    const db = new turso.connect({
       url,
       authToken,
     });
-    return [db, null, x.SqliteError];
+    return [db, null, turso.SqliteError];
   }
 };