diff --git a/code/SQLite3Database.php b/code/SQLite3Database.php
index 27dd3ae..623ea69 100644
--- a/code/SQLite3Database.php
+++ b/code/SQLite3Database.php
@@ -73,13 +73,14 @@ class SQLite3Database extends SS_Database {
 		$dbName = !isset($this->database) ? $parameters['database'] : $dbName=$this->database;
 
 		//assumes that the path to dbname will always be provided:
-		$file = $parameters['path'] . '/' . $dbName;
+		
 
 		// use the very lightspeed SQLite In-Memory feature for testing
-		if(isset($parameters['memory']) && $parameters['memory']) {
+		if((isset($parameters['memory']) && $parameters['memory']) || !isset($parameters['path'])) {
 			$file = ':memory:';
 			$this->lives_in_memory = true;
 		} else {
+			$file = $parameters['path'] . '/' . $dbName;
 			$this->lives_in_memory = false;
 			if(!file_exists($parameters['path'])) {
 				SQLiteDatabaseConfigurationHelper::create_db_dir($parameters['path']);