diff --git a/lib/Admin_Bootstrap.cpp b/lib/Admin_Bootstrap.cpp
index 2a8b2114c..2aee1bf37 100644
--- a/lib/Admin_Bootstrap.cpp
+++ b/lib/Admin_Bootstrap.cpp
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ using json = nlohmann::json;
  *
  * @see https://github.com/asg017/sqlite-vec for sqlite-vec documentation
  */
-extern "C" int (*proxy_sqlite3_vec_init)(sqlite3 *db, char **pzErrMsg, const sqlite3_api_routines *pApi);
-extern "C" int (*proxy_sqlite3_rembed_init)(sqlite3 *db, char **pzErrMsg, const sqlite3_api_routines *pApi);
+extern int (*proxy_sqlite3_vec_init)(sqlite3 *db, char **pzErrMsg, const sqlite3_api_routines *pApi);
+extern int (*proxy_sqlite3_rembed_init)(sqlite3 *db, char **pzErrMsg, const sqlite3_api_routines *pApi);
 #include "microhttpd.h"
 
 #if (defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__ARM_ARCH_3__) || defined(__mips__)) && defined(__linux)
diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index 6f01a5702..0ed6fed63 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ HEADERS := ../include/*.h ../include/*.hpp
 %.ko: %.cpp $(HEADERS)
 	$(CXX) -fPIC -c -o $@ $< $(MYCXXFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS)
 
+$(ODIR)/proxy_sqlite3_symbols.oo: proxy_sqlite3_symbols.cpp $(HEADERS)
+	$(CXX) -fPIC -c -o $@ $< $(MYCXXFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -DSQLITE_CORE -DSQLITE_VEC_STATIC
+
 $(ODIR)/%.oo: %.cpp $(HEADERS)
 	$(CXX) -fPIC -c -o $@ $< $(MYCXXFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS)
 
diff --git a/lib/proxy_sqlite3_symbols.cpp b/lib/proxy_sqlite3_symbols.cpp
index 600c8a116..b297e9603 100644
--- a/lib/proxy_sqlite3_symbols.cpp
+++ b/lib/proxy_sqlite3_symbols.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "sqlite3.h"
+#include "sqlite-vec.h"
 #include <cstddef>
 #include "sqlite3db.h"
 // Forward declarations for proxy types
@@ -50,9 +51,10 @@ int (*proxy_sqlite3_prepare_v2)(sqlite3*, const char*, int, sqlite3_stmt**, cons
 int (*proxy_sqlite3_open_v2)(const char*, sqlite3**, int, const char*) = sqlite3_open_v2;
 int (*proxy_sqlite3_exec)(sqlite3*, const char*, int (*)(void*,int,char**,char**), void*, char**) = sqlite3_exec;
 
-// Optional hooks used by sqlite-vec (function pointers will be set by LoadPlugin or remain NULL)
-void (*proxy_sqlite3_vec_init)(sqlite3*, char**, const sqlite3_api_routines*) = NULL;
-void (*proxy_sqlite3_rembed_init)(sqlite3*, char**, const sqlite3_api_routines*) = NULL;
+// Hooks for sqlite-vec and sqlite-rembed
+int (*proxy_sqlite3_vec_init)(sqlite3*, char**, const sqlite3_api_routines*) = sqlite3_vec_init;
+// TODO: Fix sqlite-rembed header inclusion and assign the function pointer properly
+int (*proxy_sqlite3_rembed_init)(sqlite3*, char**, const sqlite3_api_routines*) = NULL;
 
 // Internal helpers used by admin stats batching; keep defaults as NULL