diff --git a/install-db.php b/install-db.php
index 56ab799..66945e4 100644
--- a/install-db.php
+++ b/install-db.php
@@ -2,12 +2,7 @@
 
 require "/var/lib/tt-rss/config.php";
 
-$pdo = pdo_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASS, DB_NAME, DB_TYPE, DB_PORT);
-
-if (!$pdo) {
-  print_error("Unable to connect to database using specified parameters.");
-  exit;
-}
+$pdo = new PDO(DB_TYPE . ':dbname=' . DB_NAME . ';host=' . DB_HOST . ';port=' . DB_PORT, DB_USER, DB_PASS);
 
 $lines = explode(";", preg_replace("/[\r\n]/", "",
             file_get_contents("/var/lib/tt-rss/schema/ttrss_schema_".basename(DB_TYPE).".sql")));