diff --git a/backend/src/activitypub/peers.ts b/backend/src/activitypub/peers.ts
index 3f05220..bd2a6b0 100644
--- a/backend/src/activitypub/peers.ts
+++ b/backend/src/activitypub/peers.ts
@@ -9,10 +9,9 @@ export async function getPeers(db: Database): Promise<Array<String>> {
 }
 
 export async function addPeer(db: Database, domain: string): Promise<void> {
-	const query = `
-		INSERT OR IGNORE INTO peers (domain)
-		VALUES (?)
-	`
+	const query = db.qb.insertOrIgnore(`
+		INTO peers (domain) VALUES (?)
+	`)
 
 	const out = await db.prepare(query).bind(domain).run()
 	if (!out.success) {
diff --git a/backend/src/database/d1.ts b/backend/src/database/d1.ts
index 41c7fe4..101b0da 100644
--- a/backend/src/database/d1.ts
+++ b/backend/src/database/d1.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ const qb: QueryBuilder = {
 	epoch(): string {
 		return '00-00-00 00:00:00'
 	},
+
+	insertOrIgnore(q: string): string {
+		return `INSERT OR IGNORE ${q}`
+	},
 }
 
 export default function make({ DATABASE }: Pick<Env, 'DATABASE'>): Database {
diff --git a/backend/src/database/index.ts b/backend/src/database/index.ts
index 4d92787..f516827 100644
--- a/backend/src/database/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/database/index.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ export interface QueryBuilder {
 	jsonExtractIsNull(obj: string, prop: string): string
 	set(array: string): string
 	epoch(): string
+	insertOrIgnore(q: string): string
 }
 
 export async function getDatabase(env: Pick<Env, 'DATABASE'>): Promise<Database> {
diff --git a/backend/src/mastodon/follow.ts b/backend/src/mastodon/follow.ts
index 49f0552..db563a3 100644
--- a/backend/src/mastodon/follow.ts
+++ b/backend/src/mastodon/follow.ts
@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@ const STATE_ACCEPTED = 'accepted'
 // During a migration we move the followers from the old Actor to the new
 export async function moveFollowers(db: Database, actor: Actor, followers: Array<string>): Promise<void> {
 	const batch = []
-	const stmt = db.prepare(`
-		INSERT OR IGNORE
+	const stmt = db.prepare(
+		db.qb.insertOrIgnore(`
         INTO actor_following (id, actor_id, target_actor_id, target_actor_acct, state)
-		VALUES (?1, ?2, ?3, ?4, 'accepted');
+		VALUES (?1, ?2, ?3, ?4, 'accepted')
     `)
+	)
 
 	const actorId = actor.id.toString()
 	const actorAcc = urlToHandle(actor.id)
@@ -32,11 +33,12 @@ export async function moveFollowers(db: Database, actor: Actor, followers: Array
 
 export async function moveFollowing(db: Database, actor: Actor, followingActors: Array<string>): Promise<void> {
 	const batch = []
-	const stmt = db.prepare(`
-		INSERT OR IGNORE
+	const stmt = db.prepare(
+		db.qb.insertOrIgnore(`
         INTO actor_following (id, actor_id, target_actor_id, target_actor_acct, state)
-		VALUES (?1, ?2, ?3, ?4, 'accepted');
+		VALUES (?1, ?2, ?3, ?4, 'accepted')
     `)
+	)
 
 	const actorId = actor.id.toString()
 
@@ -56,10 +58,10 @@ export async function moveFollowing(db: Database, actor: Actor, followingActors:
 export async function addFollowing(db: Database, actor: Actor, target: Actor, targetAcct: string): Promise<string> {
 	const id = crypto.randomUUID()
 
-	const query = `
-		INSERT OR IGNORE INTO actor_following (id, actor_id, target_actor_id, state, target_actor_acct)
+	const query = db.qb.insertOrIgnore(`
+		INTO actor_following (id, actor_id, target_actor_id, state, target_actor_acct)
 		VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
-	`
+	`)
 
 	const out = await db
 		.prepare(query)