diff --git a/database.go b/database.go
index cd3eb52..b756e9d 100644
--- a/database.go
+++ b/database.go
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 package dbschema
 
 import (
+	// External
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgxpool"
+
 	// Standard
-	"database/sql"
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
 )
 
@@ -13,9 +16,13 @@ func newDatabase(host string, port int, dbName, user, pass string) (dbase Databa
 	dbase.Username = user
 	dbase.Password = pass
 
-	dbase.db, err = sql.Open("postgres", dbase.sqlConnString())
+	dbase.db, err = pgxpool.New(context.Background(), dbase.sqlConnString())
 	return
 }// }}}
+func databaseFromInstance(db *pgxpool.Pool) (dbase Database, err error) {
+	dbase.db = db
+	return
+}
 
 func (dbase Database) sqlConnString() string {// {{{
 	return fmt.Sprintf(
diff --git a/schema.go b/schema.go
index c7b5894..8ee3646 100644
--- a/schema.go
+++ b/schema.go
@@ -21,15 +21,13 @@ package dbschema
 
 import (
 	// External
-	_ "github.com/lib/pq"
-
-	// Standard
-	"database/sql"
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgxpool"
 )
 
 // An upgrader verifies the schema for one or more databases and upgrades them if possible.
 type Upgrader struct {
-	databases map[string]Database
+	schema      string
+	databases   map[string]Database
 	logCallback func(string, string)
 	sqlCallback func(string, int) ([]byte, bool)
 }
@@ -41,7 +39,7 @@ type Database struct {
 	Username string
 	Password string
 
-	db *sql.DB
+	db       *pgxpool.Pool
 	upgrader *Upgrader
 }
 
diff --git a/upgrader.go b/upgrader.go
index 7cb65f2..c9670ab 100644
--- a/upgrader.go
+++ b/upgrader.go
@@ -2,57 +2,67 @@ package dbschema
 
 import (
 	// External
-	"github.com/lib/pq"
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5"
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgconn"
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgxpool"
 
 	// Standard
-	"database/sql"
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
 )
 
-func defaultCallback(topic, msg string) {// {{{
+func defaultCallback(topic, msg string) { // {{{
 	fmt.Printf("[%s] %s\n", topic, msg)
-}// }}}
+} // }}}
 
 // NewUpgrader creates an upgrader with an empty list of databases.
-func NewUpgrader() (upgrader Upgrader) {// {{{
+func NewUpgrader(schema ...string) (upgrader Upgrader) { // {{{
+	// Using a variadic function for backward compatibility.
+	if len(schema) > 0 {
+		upgrader.schema = schema[0]
+	} else {
+		upgrader.schema = "_db"
+	}
+
 	upgrader.logCallback = defaultCallback
 	upgrader.databases = map[string]Database{}
 	return
-}// }}}
+} // }}}
 
 // SetLogCallback allows to set a callback for custom logging.
-func (upgrader *Upgrader) SetLogCallback(callback func(string, string)) {// {{{
+func (upgrader *Upgrader) SetLogCallback(callback func(string, string)) { // {{{
 	upgrader.logCallback = callback
-}// }}}
+} // }}}
 // SetSqlCallback is required for providing the SQL schema updates.
-func (upgrader *Upgrader) SetSqlCallback(callback func(string, int) ([]byte, bool)) {// {{{
+func (upgrader *Upgrader) SetSqlCallback(callback func(string, int) ([]byte, bool)) { // {{{
 	upgrader.sqlCallback = callback
-}// }}}
+} // }}}
 // Version returns the current dbschema version for the given database name.
-func (upgrader *Upgrader) Version(dbName string) (version int, err error) {// {{{
+func (upgrader *Upgrader) Version(dbName string) (version int, err error) { // {{{
 	dbase, found := upgrader.databases[dbName]
 	if !found {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("Database %s not previously added to the upgrader", dbName)
 		return
 	}
 
-	version, err = dbase.version()
+	version, err = dbase.Version()
 	return
-}// }}}
+} // }}}
 
-func (dbase Database) createSchemaTable() (err error) {// {{{
-	dbase.upgrader.logCallback("create", fmt.Sprintf("%s, _db.schema", dbase.DbName))
-	_, err = dbase.db.Exec(`CREATE SCHEMA "_db"`)
+func (dbase Database) createSchemaTable() (err error) { // {{{
+	dbase.upgrader.logCallback("create", fmt.Sprintf("%s, %s.schema", dbase.DbName, dbase.upgrader.schema))
+	_, err = dbase.db.Exec(context.Background(), `CREATE SCHEMA "` + dbase.upgrader.schema + `"`)
 
 	// Error code 42P06 "duplicate_schema" is an OK error,
 	// table can still be missing and created.
-	pqErr, _ := err.(*pq.Error)
+	pqErr, _ := err.(*pgconn.PgError)
 	if pqErr != nil && pqErr.Code != "42P06" {
 		return
 	}
 
-	_, err = dbase.db.Exec(`
-		CREATE TABLE "_db"."schema" (
+	_, err = dbase.db.Exec(
+		context.Background(),
+		`CREATE TABLE "` + dbase.upgrader.schema + `"."schema" (
 			version  int4      NOT NULL,
 			updated  timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW(),
 
@@ -60,19 +70,20 @@ func (dbase Database) createSchemaTable() (err error) {// {{{
 		)`,
 	)
 	return
-}// }}}
-func (dbase Database) appendSchemaVersion(version int) (err error) {// {{{
-	_, err = dbase.db.Exec(`INSERT INTO _db.schema(version) VALUES($1)`, version)
+} // }}}
+func (dbase Database) appendSchemaVersion(version int) (err error) { // {{{
+	_, err = dbase.db.Exec(context.Background(), `INSERT INTO `+dbase.upgrader.schema+`.schema(version) VALUES($1)`, version)
 	return
-}// }}}
+} // }}}
 
-func (dbase Database) verifySchemaTable() (err error) {// {{{
-	var rows *sql.Rows
+func (dbase Database) verifySchemaTable() (err error) { // {{{
+	var rows pgx.Rows
 	if rows, err = dbase.db.Query(
+		context.Background(),
 		`SELECT EXISTS (
 			SELECT FROM pg_catalog.pg_class c
 			JOIN   pg_catalog.pg_namespace n ON n.oid = c.relnamespace
-			WHERE  n.nspname = '_db'
+			WHERE  n.nspname = '` + dbase.upgrader.schema + `'
 			AND    c.relname = 'schema'
 		)`,
 	); err != nil {
@@ -90,24 +101,25 @@ func (dbase Database) verifySchemaTable() (err error) {// {{{
 	}
 	err = dbase.createSchemaTable()
 	return
-}// }}}
-func (dbase Database) verifySchemaEntry() (err error) {// {{{
+} // }}}
+func (dbase Database) verifySchemaEntry() (err error) { // {{{
 	var version int
-	var row *sql.Row
-	row = dbase.db.QueryRow(`SELECT version FROM _db.schema LIMIT 1`)
+	var row pgx.Row
+	row = dbase.db.QueryRow(context.Background(), `SELECT version FROM `+dbase.upgrader.schema+`.schema LIMIT 1`)
 
 	err = row.Scan(&version)
-	if err == sql.ErrNoRows {
+	if err == pgx.ErrNoRows {
 		dbase.upgrader.logCallback("initiate version", dbase.DbName)
 		err = dbase.appendSchemaVersion(0)
 	}
 
 	return
-}// }}}
-func (dbase Database) version() (version int, err error) {// {{{
-	var rows *sql.Rows
+} // }}}
+func (dbase Database) Version() (version int, err error) { // {{{
+	var rows pgx.Rows
 	rows, err = dbase.db.Query(
-		`SELECT version FROM _db.schema ORDER BY version DESC LIMIT 1`,
+		context.Background(),
+		`SELECT version FROM ` + dbase.upgrader.schema + `.schema ORDER BY version DESC LIMIT 1`,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
@@ -117,19 +129,18 @@ func (dbase Database) version() (version int, err error) {// {{{
 	if rows.Next() {
 		err = rows.Scan(&version)
 	} else {
-		err = fmt.Errorf(`Database "%s" is missing an entry in _db.schema`, dbase.DbName)
+		err = fmt.Errorf(`Database "%s" is missing an entry in `+dbase.upgrader.schema+`.schema`, dbase.DbName)
 	}
 	return
-}// }}}
+} // }}}
 
 // AddDatabase sets a database up for the Run() function with verifying/creating the _db.schema table.
-func (upgrader Upgrader) AddDatabase(host string, port int, dbName, user, pass string) (err error) {// {{{
-	var db Database
+func (upgrader Upgrader) AddDatabase(host string, port int, dbName, user, pass string) (db Database, err error) { // {{{
 	if db, err = newDatabase(host, port, dbName, user, pass); err != nil {
 		return
 	}
 	db.upgrader = &upgrader
-	
+
 	upgrader.databases[dbName] = db
 
 	if err = db.verifySchemaTable(); err != nil {
@@ -138,17 +149,32 @@ func (upgrader Upgrader) AddDatabase(host string, port int, dbName, user, pass s
 
 	err = db.verifySchemaEntry()
 	return
-}// }}}
+} // }}}
+func (upgrader Upgrader) AddDatabaseInstance(sqlDB *pgxpool.Pool, dbName string) (db Database, err error) { // {{{
+	db, err = databaseFromInstance(sqlDB)
+
+	db.upgrader = &upgrader
+
+	upgrader.databases[dbName] = db
+
+	if err = db.verifySchemaTable(); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	err = db.verifySchemaEntry()
+	return
+} // }}}
+
 // Run executes the actual schema updates until there are no more available.
-func (upgrader Upgrader) Run() (err error) {// {{{
+func (upgrader Upgrader) Run() (err error) { // {{{
 	var version int
 
 	for dbName, dbase := range upgrader.databases {
-		version, err = dbase.version()
+		version, err = dbase.Version()
 		if err != nil {
 			return
 		}
-		upgrader.logCallback("version", fmt.Sprintf("%s: %d", dbName, version))
+		upgrader.logCallback("version", fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s: %d", dbName, upgrader.schema, version))
 
 		for {
 			version++
@@ -157,8 +183,8 @@ func (upgrader Upgrader) Run() (err error) {// {{{
 				break
 			}
 
-			upgrader.logCallback("exec", fmt.Sprintf("%s: %d", dbName, version))
-			if _, err = dbase.db.Exec(string(sql)); err != nil {
+			upgrader.logCallback("exec", fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s: %d", dbName, upgrader.schema, version))
+			if _, err = dbase.db.Exec(context.Background(), string(sql)); err != nil {
 				return
 			}
 			if err = dbase.appendSchemaVersion(version); err != nil {
@@ -167,6 +193,6 @@ func (upgrader Upgrader) Run() (err error) {// {{{
 		}
 	}
 	return
-}// }}}
+} // }}}
 
 // vim: foldmethod=marker