diff --git a/src/MySQL.php b/src/MySQL.php
index c5848ba..ecd9549 100644
--- a/src/MySQL.php
+++ b/src/MySQL.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   namespace libmysqldriver;
 
-	class MySQL extends mysqli {
+	class MySQL extends \mysqli {
 		function __construct(string $host, string $user, string $pass, string $db) {
 			parent::__construct($host, $user, $pass, $db);
 		}