diff --git a/bindings/java/src/main/java/org/github/tursodatabase/jdbc4/JDBC4Connection.java b/bindings/java/src/main/java/org/github/tursodatabase/jdbc4/JDBC4Connection.java
index 3c32ffaf2..d5b73e627 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/main/java/org/github/tursodatabase/jdbc4/JDBC4Connection.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/main/java/org/github/tursodatabase/jdbc4/JDBC4Connection.java
@@ -40,10 +40,8 @@ public class JDBC4Connection extends LimboConnection {
   }
 
   @Override
-  @SkipNullableCheck
   public PreparedStatement prepareStatement(String sql) throws SQLException {
-    // TODO
-    return null;
+    return new JDBC4PreparedStatement(this, sql);
   }
 
   @Override