diff --git a/tools.py b/tools.py
index 67b5b1e..056aa84 100644
--- a/tools.py
+++ b/tools.py
@@ -31,19 +31,19 @@ class dbObject:
    return False
 
 
-def dbCheck(path):
- if dbInitialized(path):
+def dbCheck(db):
+ if dbInitialized(db):
   return True
  raise ValueError("Provided database file " + path + " is not initialized. Create it using makedb.py or csvdb.py")
 
 
 def dbHelper(path):
- dbCheck(path)
- return dbObject(path)
-
-
-def dbInitialized(path):
  db = dbObject(path)
+ dbCheck(db)
+ return db
+
+
+def dbInitialized(db):
  return db.isInitialized()