diff --git a/Sources/SQLiteData/CloudKit/Internal/Metadatabase.swift b/Sources/SQLiteData/CloudKit/Internal/Metadatabase.swift
index c8efa856..8ea33c42 100644
--- a/Sources/SQLiteData/CloudKit/Internal/Metadatabase.swift
+++ b/Sources/SQLiteData/CloudKit/Internal/Metadatabase.swift
@@ -25,7 +25,12 @@
       throw InMemoryDatabase()
     }
 
-    let metadatabase = try DatabasePool(path: url.path(percentEncoded: false))
+    let metadatabase: any DatabaseWriter =
+      if url.isInMemory {
+        try DatabaseQueue(path: url.absoluteString)
+      } else {
+        try DatabasePool(path: url.path(percentEncoded: false))
+      }
     try migrate(metadatabase: metadatabase)
     return metadatabase
   }