diff --git a/bindings/java/src/main/java/tech/turso/jdbc4/JDBC4Connection.java b/bindings/java/src/main/java/tech/turso/jdbc4/JDBC4Connection.java
index 88c76dd85..c574c2584 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/main/java/tech/turso/jdbc4/JDBC4Connection.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/main/java/tech/turso/jdbc4/JDBC4Connection.java
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ public final class JDBC4Connection implements Connection {
   }
 
   public TursoStatement prepare(String sql) throws SQLException {
-    return connection.prepare(sql);
+    final TursoStatement statement =  connection.prepare(sql);
+    statement.initializeColumnMetadata();
+    return statement;
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/main/java/tech/turso/jdbc4/JDBC4PreparedStatement.java b/bindings/java/src/main/java/tech/turso/jdbc4/JDBC4PreparedStatement.java
index e947aa272..a3f8b3d4d 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/main/java/tech/turso/jdbc4/JDBC4PreparedStatement.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/main/java/tech/turso/jdbc4/JDBC4PreparedStatement.java
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ public final class JDBC4PreparedStatement extends JDBC4Statement implements Prep
     super(connection);
     this.sql = sql;
     this.statement = connection.prepare(sql);
-    this.statement.initializeColumnMetadata();
     this.resultSet = new JDBC4ResultSet(this.statement.getResultSet());
   }