diff --git a/core/lib.rs b/core/lib.rs
index 3263cfe42..1bf93a5cb 100644
--- a/core/lib.rs
+++ b/core/lib.rs
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ impl Database {
                         let root_page: i64 = row.get::<i64>(3)?;
                         let sql: String = row.get::<String>(4)?;
                         let table = schema::Table::from_sql(&sql, root_page as usize)?;
-                        schema.add_table(&table.name.to_owned(), table);
+                        schema.add_table(table);
                     }
                     RowResult::IO => {
                         // TODO: How do we ensure that the I/O we submitted to
diff --git a/core/schema.rs b/core/schema.rs
index 3e48b2208..a8982dd77 100644
--- a/core/schema.rs
+++ b/core/schema.rs
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ impl Schema {
         Self { tables }
     }
 
-    pub fn add_table(&mut self, name: &str, table: Table) {
-        let name = normalize_ident(name);
+    pub fn add_table(&mut self, table: Table) {
+        let name = normalize_ident(&table.name);
         self.tables.insert(name, table);
     }