diff --git a/db/db.go b/db/db.go
index e5cb44b063feaba6ccc61a74872daf8958e7d2e4..8e160dfa29c32e4e605d80a8a65008da0ad1cc7d 100644
--- a/db/db.go
+++ b/db/db.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func Open(dbPath string) (*sql.DB, error) {
 	return sql.Open("sqlite", "file:"+dbPath+"?_pragma=journal_mode%3DWAL")
 }
 
-// VerifySchema checks whether the schema has been initalised and initialises it
+// VerifySchema checks whether the schema has been initialised and initialises it
 // if not
 func InitialiseDatabase(dbConn *sql.DB) error {
 	var name string