diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5c091b5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+## v0.0.2
+
+* Fixed issue with goqu.New not returning a pointer to a Database
+
+## v0.0.1
+
+* Initial release
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/adapters/mysql/mysql_test.go b/adapters/mysql/mysql_test.go
index 80fa7f37..0c9eb7ac 100644
--- a/adapters/mysql/mysql_test.go
+++ b/adapters/mysql/mysql_test.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ type (
 	logger    struct{}
 	mysqlTest struct {
 		suite.Suite
-		db goqu.Database
+		db *goqu.Database
 	}
 	entry struct {
 		Id     uint32    `db:"id" goqu:"skipinsert,skipupdate"`
diff --git a/adapters/postgres/postgres_test.go b/adapters/postgres/postgres_test.go
index da993a84..e0d758b4 100644
--- a/adapters/postgres/postgres_test.go
+++ b/adapters/postgres/postgres_test.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func init() {
 type (
 	postgresTest struct {
 		suite.Suite
-		db goqu.Database
+		db *goqu.Database
 	}
 	entry struct {
 		Id     uint32    `db:"id" goqu:"skipinsert,skipupdate"`
diff --git a/crud_exec_test.go b/crud_exec_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ccfd4709
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crud_exec_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+package goqu
diff --git a/database.go b/database.go
index 262b90de..581ff7f2 100644
--- a/database.go
+++ b/database.go
@@ -50,21 +50,21 @@ type (
 //              panic(err.Error())
 //          }
 //          fmt.Printf("%+v", ids)
-func New(dialect string, db *sql.DB) Database {
-	return Database{Dialect: dialect, Db: db}
+func New(dialect string, db *sql.DB) *Database {
+	return &Database{Dialect: dialect, Db: db}
 }
 
 //Starts a new Transaction.
-func (me Database) Begin() (TxDatabase, error) {
+func (me *Database) Begin() (*TxDatabase, error) {
 	tx, err := me.Db.Begin()
 	if err != nil {
-		return TxDatabase{}, err
+		return nil, err
 	}
-	return TxDatabase{Dialect: me.Dialect, Tx: tx}, nil
+	return &TxDatabase{Dialect: me.Dialect, Tx: tx}, nil
 }
 
 //used internally to create a new Adapter for a dataset
-func (me Database) queryAdapter(dataset *Dataset) Adapter {
+func (me *Database) queryAdapter(dataset *Dataset) Adapter {
 	return NewAdapter(me.Dialect, dataset)
 }