diff --git a/dialect.go b/dialect.go
index c3a14f3..c5a0d27 100644
--- a/dialect.go
+++ b/dialect.go
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ func (pg *PostgresDialect) createVersionTableSql() string {
                 is_applied boolean NOT NULL,
                 tstamp timestamp NULL default now(),
                 PRIMARY KEY(id)
-              );`
+            );`
 }
 
 func (pg *PostgresDialect) insertVersionSql() string {
-	return "INSERT INTO goose_db_version (version_id, is_applied) VALUES (0, true);"
+	return "INSERT INTO goose_db_version (version_id, is_applied) VALUES ($1, $2);"
 }
 
 func (pg *PostgresDialect) dbVersionQuery(db *sql.DB) (*sql.Rows, error) {
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ func (m *MySqlDialect) createVersionTableSql() string {
                 is_applied boolean NOT NULL,
                 tstamp timestamp NULL default now(),
                 PRIMARY KEY(id)
-              );`
+            );`
 }
 
 func (m *MySqlDialect) insertVersionSql() string {
-	return "INSERT INTO goose_db_version (version_id, is_applied) VALUES (0, true);"
+	return "INSERT INTO goose_db_version (version_id, is_applied) VALUES (?, ?);"
 }
 
 func (m *MySqlDialect) dbVersionQuery(db *sql.DB) (*sql.Rows, error) {
diff --git a/migrate.go b/migrate.go
index 842da76..17868bc 100644
--- a/migrate.go
+++ b/migrate.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func runMigrations(conf *DBConf, migrationsDir string, target int64) {
 		case ".go":
 			e = runGoMigration(conf, m.Source, m.Version, mm.Direction)
 		case ".sql":
-			e = runSQLMigration(db, m.Source, m.Version, mm.Direction)
+			e = runSQLMigration(conf, db, m.Source, m.Version, mm.Direction)
 		}
 
 		if e != nil {
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func runMigrations(conf *DBConf, migrationsDir string, target int64) {
 	}
 }
 
-// collect all the valid looking migration scripts in the 
+// collect all the valid looking migration scripts in the
 // migrations folder, and key them by version
 func collectMigrations(dirpath string, current, target int64) (mm *MigrationMap, err error) {
 
@@ -249,11 +249,17 @@ func createVersionTable(conf *DBConf, db *sql.DB) error {
 	}
 
 	d := conf.Driver.Dialect
-	for _, str := range []string{d.createVersionTableSql(), d.insertVersionSql()} {
-		if _, err := txn.Exec(str); err != nil {
-			txn.Rollback()
-			return err
-		}
+
+	if _, err := txn.Exec(d.createVersionTableSql()); err != nil {
+		txn.Rollback()
+		return err
+	}
+
+	version := 0
+	applied := true
+	if _, err := txn.Exec(d.insertVersionSql(), version, applied); err != nil {
+		txn.Rollback()
+		return err
 	}
 
 	return txn.Commit()
diff --git a/migration_go.go b/migration_go.go
index 4f0d525..3790934 100644
--- a/migration_go.go
+++ b/migration_go.go
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 type TemplateData struct {
-	Version   int64
-	Driver    DBDriver
-	Direction bool
-	Func      string
+	Version    int64
+	Driver     DBDriver
+	Direction  bool
+	Func       string
+	InsertStmt string
 }
 
 //
@@ -39,10 +40,11 @@ func runGoMigration(conf *DBConf, path string, version int64, direction bool) er
 	}
 
 	td := &TemplateData{
-		Version:   version,
-		Driver:    conf.Driver,
-		Direction: direction,
-		Func:      fmt.Sprintf("%v_%v", directionStr, version),
+		Version:    version,
+		Driver:     conf.Driver,
+		Direction:  direction,
+		Func:       fmt.Sprintf("%v_%v", directionStr, version),
+		InsertStmt: conf.Driver.Dialect.insertVersionSql(),
 	}
 	main, e := writeTemplateToFile(filepath.Join(d, "goose_main.go"), goMigrationTmpl, td)
 	if e != nil {
@@ -93,7 +95,7 @@ func main() {
 	{{ .Func }}(txn)
 
 	// XXX: drop goose_db_version table on some minimum version number?
-	stmt := "INSERT INTO goose_db_version (version_id, is_applied) VALUES ($1, $2);"
+	stmt := "{{ .InsertStmt }}"
 	if _, err = txn.Exec(stmt, {{ .Version }}, {{ .Direction }}); err != nil {
 		txn.Rollback()
 		log.Fatal("failed to write version: ", err)
diff --git a/migration_sql.go b/migration_sql.go
index fbaf3a7..d2a2f2e 100644
--- a/migration_sql.go
+++ b/migration_sql.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 //
 // All statements following an Up or Down directive are grouped together
 // until another direction directive is found.
-func runSQLMigration(db *sql.DB, script string, v int64, direction bool) error {
+func runSQLMigration(conf *DBConf, db *sql.DB, script string, v int64, direction bool) error {
 
 	txn, err := db.Begin()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func runSQLMigration(db *sql.DB, script string, v int64, direction bool) error {
 			filepath.Base(script))
 	}
 
-	if err = finalizeMigration(txn, direction, v); err != nil {
+	if err = finalizeMigration(conf, txn, direction, v); err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("error finalizing migration %s, quitting. (%v)", filepath.Base(script), err)
 	}
 
@@ -80,11 +80,11 @@ func runSQLMigration(db *sql.DB, script string, v int64, direction bool) error {
 
 // Update the version table for the given migration,
 // and finalize the transaction.
-func finalizeMigration(txn *sql.Tx, direction bool, v int64) error {
+func finalizeMigration(conf *DBConf, txn *sql.Tx, direction bool, v int64) error {
 
 	// XXX: drop goose_db_version table on some minimum version number?
-	stmt := "INSERT INTO goose_db_version (version_id, is_applied) VALUES ($1, $2)"
-	if _, err := txn.Exec(stmt, v, direction); err != nil {
+	d := conf.Driver.Dialect
+	if _, err := txn.Exec(d.insertVersionSql(), v, direction); err != nil {
 		txn.Rollback()
 		return err
 	}