diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 67d8493..71fa146 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "jsondb"
-version = "0.2.1"
+version = "0.3.0"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["xenofem <xenofem@xeno.science>"]
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index d226105..4ddc9af 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ use std::{
     cmp::Ordering,
     ffi::OsString,
     fmt::Debug,
-    future::Future,
     io::ErrorKind,
     ops::Deref,
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
@@ -134,7 +133,7 @@ impl<T: Schema + Default> JsonDb<T> {
     /// initializing it with the schema's default value if it does not
     /// exist.
     pub async fn load(path: PathBuf) -> Result<JsonDb<T>, Error> {
-        Self::load_or_else(path, || std::future::ready(Ok(T::default()))).await
+        Self::load_or_else(path, T::default).await
     }
 }
 
@@ -164,16 +163,15 @@ impl<T: Schema> JsonDb<T> {
     /// initializing it with the provided default value if it does not
     /// exist.
     pub async fn load_or(path: PathBuf, default: T) -> Result<JsonDb<T>, Error> {
-        Self::load_or_else(path, || std::future::ready(Ok(default))).await
+        Self::load_or_else(path, || default).await
     }
 
     /// Load a [`JsonDb`] from a given file, creating it and
     /// initializing it with the provided function if it does not
     /// exist.
-    pub async fn load_or_else<F, Fut>(path: PathBuf, default: F) -> Result<JsonDb<T>, Error>
+    pub async fn load_or_else<F>(path: PathBuf, default: F) -> Result<JsonDb<T>, Error>
     where
-        F: FnOnce() -> Fut,
-        Fut: Future<Output = std::io::Result<T>>,
+        F: FnOnce() -> T,
     {
         let open_result = File::open(&path).await;
         let data = match open_result {
@@ -184,7 +182,7 @@ impl<T: Schema> JsonDb<T> {
             }
             Err(e) => {
                 if let ErrorKind::NotFound = e.kind() {
-                    default().await?
+                    default()
                 } else {
                     return Err(e.into());
                 }