diff --git a/osu.Desktop.VisualTests/Platform/TestStorage.cs b/osu.Desktop.VisualTests/Platform/TestStorage.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4e7c1867e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Desktop.VisualTests/Platform/TestStorage.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using osu.Framework;
+using osu.Framework.Desktop.Platform;
+using SQLite.Net;
+using SQLite.Net.Platform.Generic;
+using SQLite.Net.Interop;
+using SQLite.Net.Platform.Win32;
+
+namespace osu.Desktop.Platform
+{
+    public class TestStorage : DesktopStorage
+    {
+        public TestStorage(string baseName) : base(baseName)
+        {
+        }
+        
+        public override SQLiteConnection GetDatabase(string name)
+        {
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(BasePath);
+            ISQLitePlatform platform;
+            if (RuntimeInfo.IsWindows)
+                platform = new SQLitePlatformWin32();
+            else
+                platform = new SQLitePlatformGeneric();
+            return new SQLiteConnection(platform, $@":memory:");
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/osu.Desktop.VisualTests/VisualTestGame.cs b/osu.Desktop.VisualTests/VisualTestGame.cs
index 38ac3b45f9..bc77a4b304 100644
--- a/osu.Desktop.VisualTests/VisualTestGame.cs
+++ b/osu.Desktop.VisualTests/VisualTestGame.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ using System.IO;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using osu.Game.GameModes.Play;
 using SQLiteNetExtensions.Extensions;
+using osu.Desktop.Platform;
 
 namespace osu.Framework.VisualTests
 {
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ namespace osu.Framework.VisualTests
     
         public override void Load(BaseGame game)
         {
-            (Host.Storage as DesktopStorage).InMemorySQL = true;
+            Host.Storage = new TestStorage(@"visual-tests");
             base.Load(game);
             for (int i = 0; i < 100; i += 10)
                 InsertTestMap(i);
diff --git a/osu.Desktop.VisualTests/osu.Desktop.VisualTests.csproj b/osu.Desktop.VisualTests/osu.Desktop.VisualTests.csproj
index 5a0fd5744d..f288c2529a 100644
--- a/osu.Desktop.VisualTests/osu.Desktop.VisualTests.csproj
+++ b/osu.Desktop.VisualTests/osu.Desktop.VisualTests.csproj
@@ -85,17 +85,20 @@
       <Private>True</Private>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="System" />
-    <Reference Include="SQLiteNetExtensions">
-      <HintPath>$(SolutionDir)\packages\SQLiteNetExtensions.1.3.0\lib\portable-net45+netcore45+wpa81+wp8+MonoAndroid1+MonoTouch1\SQLiteNetExtensions.dll</HintPath>
-    </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json">
       <HintPath>$(SolutionDir)\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.9.0.1\lib\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="SQLite.Net.Platform.Win32">
-      <HintPath>$(SolutionDir)\packages\SQLite.Net-PCL.3.1.1\lib\net4\SQLite.Net.Platform.Win32.dll</HintPath>
+      <HintPath>$(SolutionDir)\packages\SQLite.Net-PCL.3.0.5\lib\net4\SQLite.Net.Platform.Win32.dll</HintPath>
+    </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="SQLite.Net">
+      <HintPath>$(SolutionDir)\packages\SQLite.Net-PCL.3.0.5\lib\net40\SQLite.Net.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="SQLite.Net.Platform.Generic">
-      <HintPath>$(SolutionDir)\packages\SQLite.Net-PCL.3.1.1\lib\net40\SQLite.Net.Platform.Generic.dll</HintPath>
+      <HintPath>$(SolutionDir)\packages\SQLite.Net-PCL.3.0.5\lib\net40\SQLite.Net.Platform.Generic.dll</HintPath>
+    </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="SQLiteNetExtensions">
+      <HintPath>$(SolutionDir)\packages\SQLiteNetExtensions.1.3.0\lib\portable-net45+netcore45+wpa81+wp8+MonoAndroid1+MonoTouch1\SQLiteNetExtensions.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -161,8 +164,12 @@
     <Compile Include="Tests\TestCaseTextAwesome.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Tests\TestCasePlaySongSelect.cs" />
     <Compile Include="VisualTestGame.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Platform\TestStorage.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup />
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Folder Include="Platform\" />
+  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildBinPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it.
        Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
diff --git a/osu.Desktop.VisualTests/packages.config b/osu.Desktop.VisualTests/packages.config
index 8c24263ce5..5800237470 100644
--- a/osu.Desktop.VisualTests/packages.config
+++ b/osu.Desktop.VisualTests/packages.config
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 <packages>
   <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="9.0.1" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="SQLite.Net.Core-PCL" version="3.1.1" targetFramework="net45" />
-  <package id="SQLite.Net-PCL" version="3.1.1" targetFramework="net45" />
+  <package id="SQLite.Net-PCL" version="3.0.5" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="SQLiteNetExtensions" version="1.3.0" targetFramework="net45" />
 </packages>
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