diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ab733d06..3703e342 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ connector, err := duckdb.NewConnector("test.db", nil)
 if err != nil {
   ...
 }
+defer connector.Close()
+
 conn, err := connector.Connect(context.Background())
 if err != nil {
   ...
@@ -108,6 +110,8 @@ connector, err := duckdb.NewConnector("", nil)
 if err != nil {
   ...
 }
+defer connector.Close()
+
 conn, err := connector.Connect(context.Background())
 if err != nil {
   ...
diff --git a/arrow_test.go b/arrow_test.go
index 7e6ee4cd..b659d925 100644
--- a/arrow_test.go
+++ b/arrow_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ func TestArrow(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("select series", func(t *testing.T) {
 		c, err := NewConnector("", nil)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
+		defer c.Close()
 
 		conn, err := c.Connect(context.Background())
 		require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ func TestArrow(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("select long series", func(t *testing.T) {
 		c, err := NewConnector("", nil)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
+		defer c.Close()
 
 		conn, err := c.Connect(context.Background())
 		require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/duckdb.go b/duckdb.go
index f9b2514f..3b4ec620 100644
--- a/duckdb.go
+++ b/duckdb.go
@@ -34,24 +34,22 @@ func (d Driver) Open(dataSourceName string) (driver.Conn, error) {
 	return connector.Connect(context.Background())
 }
 
-func (Driver) OpenConnector(dataSourceName string) (driver.Connector, error) {
-	return createConnector(dataSourceName, func(execerContext driver.ExecerContext) error { return nil })
+func (Driver) OpenConnector(dsn string) (driver.Connector, error) {
+	return NewConnector(dsn, func(execerContext driver.ExecerContext) error { return nil })
 }
 
-// NewConnector creates a new Connector for the DuckDB database.
-func NewConnector(dsn string, connInitFn func(execer driver.ExecerContext) error) (driver.Connector, error) {
-	return createConnector(dsn, connInitFn)
-}
-
-func createConnector(dataSourceName string, connInitFn func(execer driver.ExecerContext) error) (driver.Connector, error) {
+// NewConnector opens a new Connector for the DuckDB database.
+// It's user's responsibility to close the returned Connector in case it's not passed to the sql.OpenDB function.
+// sql.DB will close the Connector when sql.DB.Close() is called.
+func NewConnector(dsn string, connInitFn func(execer driver.ExecerContext) error) (*Connector, error) {
 	var db C.duckdb_database
 
-	parsedDSN, err := url.Parse(dataSourceName)
+	parsedDSN, err := url.Parse(dsn)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", errParseConfig, err.Error())
 	}
 
-	connectionString := C.CString(extractConnectionString(dataSourceName))
+	connectionString := C.CString(extractConnectionString(dsn))
 	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(connectionString))
 
 	// Check for config options.
@@ -76,23 +74,24 @@ func createConnector(dataSourceName string, connInitFn func(execer driver.Execer
 		}
 	}
 
-	return &connector{db: &db, connInitFn: connInitFn}, nil
+	return &Connector{db: &db, connInitFn: connInitFn}, nil
 }
 
-type connector struct {
+type Connector struct {
 	db         *C.duckdb_database
 	connInitFn func(execer driver.ExecerContext) error
 }
 
-func (c *connector) Driver() driver.Driver {
+func (c *Connector) Driver() driver.Driver {
 	return Driver{}
 }
 
-func (c *connector) Connect(context.Context) (driver.Conn, error) {
+func (c *Connector) Connect(context.Context) (driver.Conn, error) {
 	var con C.duckdb_connection
 	if state := C.duckdb_connect(*c.db, &con); state == C.DuckDBError {
 		return nil, errOpen
 	}
+
 	conn := &conn{con: &con}
 
 	// Call the connection init function if defined
@@ -101,10 +100,11 @@ func (c *connector) Connect(context.Context) (driver.Conn, error) {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 	}
+
 	return conn, nil
 }
 
-func (c *connector) Close() error {
+func (c *Connector) Close() error {
 	C.duckdb_close(c.db)
 	c.db = nil
 	return nil
@@ -126,9 +126,8 @@ func prepareConfig(options map[string][]string) (C.duckdb_config, error) {
 
 	for k, v := range options {
 		if len(v) > 0 {
-			state := C.duckdb_set_config(config, C.CString(k), C.CString(v[0]))
-			if state == C.DuckDBError {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: affected config option %s=%s", errPrepareConfig, k, v[0])
+			if err := setConfig(config, k, v[0]); err != nil {
+				return nil, err
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -136,9 +135,23 @@ func prepareConfig(options map[string][]string) (C.duckdb_config, error) {
 	return config, nil
 }
 
+func setConfig(config C.duckdb_config, name, option string) error {
+	cName := C.CString(name)
+	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cName))
+
+	cOption := C.CString(option)
+	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cOption))
+
+	if state := C.duckdb_set_config(config, cName, cOption); state == C.DuckDBError {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%w: affected config option %s=%s", errSetConfig, name, option)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 var (
-	errOpen          = errors.New("could not open database")
-	errParseConfig   = errors.New("could not parse config for database")
-	errCreateConfig  = errors.New("could not create config for database")
-	errPrepareConfig = errors.New("could not set config for database")
+	errOpen         = errors.New("could not open database")
+	errParseConfig  = errors.New("could not parse config for database")
+	errCreateConfig = errors.New("could not create config for database")
+	errSetConfig    = errors.New("could not set config for database")
 )
diff --git a/duckdb_test.go b/duckdb_test.go
index d9303973..9172b2c4 100644
--- a/duckdb_test.go
+++ b/duckdb_test.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func TestOpen(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("with invalid config", func(t *testing.T) {
 		_, err := sql.Open("duckdb", "?threads=NaN")
 
-		if !errors.Is(err, errPrepareConfig) {
+		if !errors.Is(err, errSetConfig) {
 			t.Fatal("invalid config should not be accepted")
 		}
 	})