diff --git a/tolstoy/src/metadata.rs b/tolstoy/src/metadata.rs
index d154e886..9999f9de 100644
--- a/tolstoy/src/metadata.rs
+++ b/tolstoy/src/metadata.rs
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ impl SyncMetadata {
         tx.query_row(
             "SELECT value FROM tolstoy_metadata WHERE key = ?",
             &[&schema::REMOTE_HEAD_KEY], |r| {
-                let bytes: Vec<u8> = r.get(0);
+                let bytes: Vec<u8> = r.get(0).unwrap();
                 Uuid::from_bytes(bytes.as_slice())
             }
         )?.map_err(|e| e.into())
diff --git a/tolstoy/src/tx_mapper.rs b/tolstoy/src/tx_mapper.rs
index f80bc13d..84a94d46 100644
--- a/tolstoy/src/tx_mapper.rs
+++ b/tolstoy/src/tx_mapper.rs
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ impl TxMapper {
         )?;
 
         let results = stmt.query_and_then(&[&tx], |r| -> Result<Uuid>{
-            let bytes: Vec<u8> = r.get(0);
+            let bytes: Vec<u8> = r.get(0).unwrap();
             Uuid::from_bytes(bytes.as_slice()).map_err(|e| e.into())
         })?;