diff --git a/src/admin/debug/commands.rs b/src/admin/debug/commands.rs
index 2aa6078f..db102858 100644
--- a/src/admin/debug/commands.rs
+++ b/src/admin/debug/commands.rs
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ pub(super) async fn database_stats(
 	let map_name = map.as_ref().map_or(EMPTY, String::as_str);
 
 	let mut out = String::new();
-	for (name, map) in self.services.db.iter_maps() {
+	for (name, map) in self.services.db.iter() {
 		if !map_name.is_empty() && *map_name != *name {
 			continue;
 		}
diff --git a/src/database/cork.rs b/src/database/cork.rs
index 26c520a2..5fe5fd7a 100644
--- a/src/database/cork.rs
+++ b/src/database/cork.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
-use crate::Engine;
+use crate::{Database, Engine};
 
 pub struct Cork {
 	db: Arc<Engine>,
@@ -8,6 +8,20 @@ pub struct Cork {
 	sync: bool,
 }
 
+impl Database {
+	#[inline]
+	#[must_use]
+	pub fn cork(&self) -> Cork { Cork::new(&self.db, false, false) }
+
+	#[inline]
+	#[must_use]
+	pub fn cork_and_flush(&self) -> Cork { Cork::new(&self.db, true, false) }
+
+	#[inline]
+	#[must_use]
+	pub fn cork_and_sync(&self) -> Cork { Cork::new(&self.db, true, true) }
+}
+
 impl Cork {
 	#[inline]
 	pub(super) fn new(db: &Arc<Engine>, flush: bool, sync: bool) -> Self {
diff --git a/src/database/database.rs b/src/database/database.rs
index 4c29c840..099df87d 100644
--- a/src/database/database.rs
+++ b/src/database/database.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 use std::{ops::Index, sync::Arc};
 
-use conduit::{Result, Server};
+use conduit::{err, Result, Server};
 
 use crate::{
-	cork::Cork,
 	maps,
 	maps::{Maps, MapsKey, MapsVal},
 	Engine, Map,
@@ -11,7 +10,7 @@ use crate::{
 
 pub struct Database {
 	pub db: Arc<Engine>,
-	map: Maps,
+	maps: Maps,
 }
 
 impl Database {
@@ -20,24 +19,19 @@ impl Database {
 		let db = Engine::open(server)?;
 		Ok(Arc::new(Self {
 			db: db.clone(),
-			map: maps::open(&db)?,
+			maps: maps::open(&db)?,
 		}))
 	}
 
 	#[inline]
-	#[must_use]
-	pub fn cork(&self) -> Cork { Cork::new(&self.db, false, false) }
+	pub fn get(&self, name: &str) -> Result<&Arc<Map>> {
+		self.maps
+			.get(name)
+			.ok_or_else(|| err!(Request(NotFound("column not found"))))
+	}
 
 	#[inline]
-	#[must_use]
-	pub fn cork_and_flush(&self) -> Cork { Cork::new(&self.db, true, false) }
-
-	#[inline]
-	#[must_use]
-	pub fn cork_and_sync(&self) -> Cork { Cork::new(&self.db, true, true) }
-
-	#[inline]
-	pub fn iter_maps(&self) -> impl Iterator<Item = (&MapsKey, &MapsVal)> + Send + '_ { self.map.iter() }
+	pub fn iter(&self) -> impl Iterator<Item = (&MapsKey, &MapsVal)> + Send + '_ { self.maps.iter() }
 
 	#[inline]
 	#[must_use]
@@ -52,7 +46,7 @@ impl Index<&str> for Database {
 	type Output = Arc<Map>;
 
 	fn index(&self, name: &str) -> &Self::Output {
-		self.map
+		self.maps
 			.get(name)
 			.expect("column in database does not exist")
 	}