diff --git a/files/classes/__init__.py b/files/classes/__init__.py
index 88f8ab9fc..94a356ec4 100644
--- a/files/classes/__init__.py
+++ b/files/classes/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # load sqlalchemy's declarative base...
-from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
-Base = declarative_base()
+from sqlalchemy.orm import DeclarativeBase
+class Base(DeclarativeBase):
+	pass
 
 # then load all of our classes :)
 from .alts import *