now lets do that properly

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/databases/sqlite.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/databases/sqlite.py
index 1958118b7..83fb00205 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/databases/sqlite.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/databases/sqlite.py
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ def descriptor():
     
 class SQLiteSQLEngine(ansisql.ANSISQLEngine):
     def __init__(self, opts, **params):
+        if sqlite is None:
+            raise "Couldn't import pysqlite2"
         self.filename = opts.pop('filename', ':memory:')
         self.opts = opts or {}
         params['poolclass'] = sqlalchemy.pool.SingletonThreadPool
@@ -144,8 +146,6 @@ class SQLiteSQLEngine(ansisql.ANSISQLEngine):
         return SQLiteCompiler(self, statement, bindparams, **kwargs)
 
     def dbapi(self):
-        if sqlite is None:
-            raise "Couldn't import pysqlite2"
         return sqlite
 
     def schemagenerator(self, proxy, **params):