diff --git a/priority_queue.go b/priority_queue.go
index 5d7eb83..31882bd 100644
--- a/priority_queue.go
+++ b/priority_queue.go
@@ -36,17 +36,17 @@ func newPriorityQueue(db *sql.DB, tableName string, opts ...Option) (*PriorityQu
 func (pq *PriorityQueue) initPriorityColumn() error {
 	// Check if priority column exists
 	var name string
-	err := pq.client.QueryRow(fmt.Sprintf("PRAGMA table_info(%s)", pq.tableName)).Scan(nil, &name, nil, nil, nil, nil)
+	err := pq.client.QueryRow(fmt.Sprintf("PRAGMA table_info(%s)", quoteIdent(pq.tableName))).Scan(nil, &name, nil, nil, nil, nil)
 
 	if err != nil || name != "priority" {
 		// Add priority column with default value 0
-		_, err := pq.client.Exec(fmt.Sprintf("ALTER TABLE %s ADD COLUMN priority INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0", pq.tableName))
+		_, err := pq.client.Exec(fmt.Sprintf("ALTER TABLE %s ADD COLUMN priority INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0", quoteIdent(pq.tableName)))
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 
 		// Create index on priority (ASC for lower numbers = higher priority)
-		_, err = pq.client.Exec(fmt.Sprintf("CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS %s_priority_idx ON %s (priority ASC, created_at ASC)", pq.tableName, pq.tableName))
+		_, err = pq.client.Exec(fmt.Sprintf("CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS %s ON %s (priority ASC, created_at ASC)", quoteIdent(pq.tableName+"_priority_idx"), quoteIdent(pq.tableName)))
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func (pq *PriorityQueue) Enqueue(item any, priority int) bool {
 	}()
 
 	_, err = tx.Exec(
-		fmt.Sprintf("INSERT INTO %s (data, status, created_at, updated_at, priority) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)", pq.tableName),
+		fmt.Sprintf("INSERT INTO %s (data, status, created_at, updated_at, priority) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)", quoteIdent(pq.tableName)),
 		item, "pending", now, now, priority,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func (pq *PriorityQueue) dequeueInternal(withAckId bool) (any, bool, string) {
 	var data []byte
 	row := tx.QueryRow(fmt.Sprintf(
 		"SELECT id, data FROM %s WHERE status = 'pending' ORDER BY priority ASC, created_at ASC LIMIT 1",
-		pq.tableName,
+		quoteIdent(pq.tableName),
 	))
 	err = row.Scan(&id, &data)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -128,13 +128,13 @@ func (pq *PriorityQueue) dequeueInternal(withAckId bool) (any, bool, string) {
 		ackID = cuid.New()
 
 		_, err = tx.Exec(
-			fmt.Sprintf("UPDATE %s SET status = 'processing', ack_id = ?, updated_at = ? WHERE id = ?", pq.tableName),
+			fmt.Sprintf("UPDATE %s SET status = 'processing', ack_id = ?, updated_at = ? WHERE id = ?", quoteIdent(pq.tableName)),
 			ackID, now, id,
 		)
 	} else {
 		// remove the row if there is no ack
 		_, err = tx.Exec(
-			fmt.Sprintf("DELETE FROM %s WHERE id = ?", pq.tableName),
+			fmt.Sprintf("DELETE FROM %s WHERE id = ?", quoteIdent(pq.tableName)),
 			id,
 		)
 	}
diff --git a/queue.go b/queue.go
index 9171332..6a67467 100644
--- a/queue.go
+++ b/queue.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package sqliteq
 import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
-	"strings"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
@@ -317,11 +316,3 @@ func (q *Queue) Close() error {
 
 	return nil
 }
-
-// Applies quotes to an identifier escaping any internal quotes.
-// See: https://www.sqlite.org/lang_keywords.html
-func quoteIdent(name string) string {
-	// Replace quotes with dobule quotes
-	escaped := strings.ReplaceAll(name, `"`, `""`)
-	return `"` + escaped + `"`
-}
diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6de4398
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package sqliteq
+
+import "strings"
+
+// Applies quotes to an identifier escaping any internal quotes.
+// See: https://www.sqlite.org/lang_keywords.html
+func quoteIdent(name string) string {
+	// Replace quotes with dobule quotes
+	escaped := strings.ReplaceAll(name, `"`, `""`)
+	return `"` + escaped + `"`
+}