diff --git a/server/plugins/messageStorage/sqlite.ts b/server/plugins/messageStorage/sqlite.ts
index 7441687d..9f3766fd 100644
--- a/server/plugins/messageStorage/sqlite.ts
+++ b/server/plugins/messageStorage/sqlite.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ try {
 	);
 }
 
-const currentSchemaVersion = 1520239200;
+export const currentSchemaVersion = 1520239200;
 
 const schema = [
 	// Schema version #1
diff --git a/test/plugins/sqlite.ts b/test/plugins/sqlite.ts
index a3c939e7..5f0d8b0a 100644
--- a/test/plugins/sqlite.ts
+++ b/test/plugins/sqlite.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {expect} from "chai";
 import util from "../util";
 import Msg, {MessageType} from "../../server/models/msg";
 import Config from "../../server/config";
-import MessageStorage from "../../server/plugins/messageStorage/sqlite";
+import MessageStorage, {currentSchemaVersion} from "../../server/plugins/messageStorage/sqlite";
 
 describe("SQLite Message Storage", function () {
 	// Increase timeout due to unpredictable I/O on CI services
@@ -53,11 +53,8 @@ describe("SQLite Message Storage", function () {
 			"SELECT value FROM options WHERE name = 'schema_version'",
 			(err, row) => {
 				expect(err).to.be.null;
-
-				// Should be sqlite.currentSchemaVersion,
 				// compared as string because it's returned as such from the database
-				expect(row.value).to.equal("1520239200");
-
+				expect(row.value).to.equal(currentSchemaVersion.toString());
 				done();
 			}
 		);