diff --git a/sqlstore.go b/sqlstore.go
index 531041926..571cc1b25 100644
--- a/sqlstore.go
+++ b/sqlstore.go
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ func newSQLStore(sessionID SessionID, driver string, dataSourceName string) (sto
 		sqlDriver:         driver,
 		sqlDataSourceName: dataSourceName,
 	}
+	store.cache.Reset()
 
 	if store.db, err = sql.Open(store.sqlDriver, store.sqlDataSourceName); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/store_test.go b/store_test.go
index 44d580450..a61ccbb05 100644
--- a/store_test.go
+++ b/store_test.go
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ func (suite *MessageStoreTestSuite) TestMessageStore_GetMessages_VariousRanges()
 }
 
 func (suite *MessageStoreTestSuite) TestMessageStore_CreationTime() {
+	assert.False(suite.T(), suite.msgStore.CreationTime().IsZero())
+
 	t0 := time.Now()
 	suite.msgStore.Reset()
 	t1 := time.Now()