diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f00813dc..7bb7ba15 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 This file is used to list changes made in each version of cookbook-openstack-common.
 
+## 0.4.6:
+### Bug
+* Ensuring `#db_uri` returns a valid sqlite connection string
+  * relative path example: 'path' = 'path/to/foo.db' -- will return sqlite:///foo.db
+  * absolute path example: 'path' = '/path/to/foo.db' -- will return sqlite:////foo.db
+
 ## 0.4.5:
 * Added `openstack-common::set_endpoints_by_interface` to enable using
   `bind_interface` with endpoints rather than hard-code the IP addresses in an
diff --git a/libraries/endpoints.rb b/libraries/endpoints.rb
index 92812fa1..6b1de45d 100644
--- a/libraries/endpoints.rb
+++ b/libraries/endpoints.rb
@@ -69,8 +69,11 @@ module ::Openstack
         result = "#{type}://#{user}:#{pass}@#{host}:#{port}/#{name}"
       when "sqlite"
         # SQLite uses filepaths not db name
+        # README(galstrom): 3 slashes is a relative path, 4 slashes is an absolute path
+        #  example: info['path'] = 'path/to/foo.db' -- will return sqlite:///foo.db
+        #  example: info['path'] = '/path/to/foo.db' -- will return sqlite:////foo.db
         path = info['path']
-        result = "sqlite://#{path}"
+        result = "sqlite:///#{path}"
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index f29fc398..2ecf91b9 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ maintainer_email "cookbooks@lists.tfoundry.com"
 license          "Apache 2.0"
 description      "Common OpenStack attributes, libraries and recipes."
 long_description IO.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'README.md'))
-version          "0.4.5"
+version          "0.4.6"
 
 recipe           "openstack-common", "Installs/Configures common recipes"
 recipe           "openstack-common::set_endpoints_by_interface", "Set endpoints by interface"