diff --git a/lib/database/open b/lib/database/open
index 8b2e7c3..974f895 100644
--- a/lib/database/open
+++ b/lib/database/open
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ openDatabase() {
 	db_pid=$!
 	exec 3> "$tempdir"/sqlite.in
 	exec 4< "$tempdir"/sqlite.out
-	rm "$tempdir"/sqlite.in "$tempdir"/sqlite.out
+	rm "$tempdir"/sqlite.{in,out}
 	if (( debug > 2 ))
 	then
 		exec 5>&3