diff --git a/ycdl/objects.py b/ycdl/objects.py
index 08b094b..13ec57a 100644
--- a/ycdl/objects.py
+++ b/ycdl/objects.py
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ class Channel(ObjectBase):
 
     def __init__(self, ycdldb, db_row):
         super().__init__(ycdldb)
-        db_row = self.ycdldb.normalize_db_row(db_row, self.table)
 
         self.id = db_row['id']
         self.name = db_row['name'] or self.id
@@ -326,7 +325,6 @@ class Video(ObjectBase):
 
     def __init__(self, ycdldb, db_row):
         super().__init__(ycdldb)
-        db_row = self.ycdldb.normalize_db_row(db_row, self.table)
 
         self.id = db_row['id']
         self.published = db_row['published']
diff --git a/ycdl/ycdldb.py b/ycdl/ycdldb.py
index 07498fa..f2ae0b1 100644
--- a/ycdl/ycdldb.py
+++ b/ycdl/ycdldb.py
@@ -476,6 +476,7 @@ class YCDLDB(
 
         self.data_directory.makedirs(exist_ok=True)
         self.sql = sqlite3.connect(self.database_filepath)
+        self.sql.row_factory = sqlite3.Row
 
         if existing_database:
             if not skip_version_check: