diff --git a/tolstoy/src/metadata.rs b/tolstoy/src/metadata.rs
index 4fec947e..fd699480 100644
--- a/tolstoy/src/metadata.rs
+++ b/tolstoy/src/metadata.rs
@@ -64,13 +64,15 @@ impl SyncMetadata {
     }
 
     pub fn remote_head(tx: &rusqlite::Transaction) -> Result<Uuid> {
-        tx.query_row(
-            "SELECT value FROM tolstoy_metadata WHERE key = ?",
-            &[&schema::REMOTE_HEAD_KEY], |r| {
-                let bytes: Vec<u8> = r.get(0).unwrap();
-                Uuid::from_bytes(bytes.as_slice())
-            }
-        )?.map_err(|e| e.into())
+        Uuid::from_bytes(
+            tx.query_row(
+                "SELECT value FROM tolstoy_metadata WHERE key = ?",
+                rusqlite::params![&schema::REMOTE_HEAD_KEY], |r| {
+                    let bytes: Vec<u8> = r.get(0).unwrap();
+                    Ok(bytes)
+                }
+            )?.as_slice()
+        ).map_err(|e| e.into())
     }
 
     pub fn set_remote_head(tx: &rusqlite::Transaction, uuid: &Uuid) -> Result<()> {