diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jfaster/mango/util/ScriptRunner.java b/src/main/java/org/jfaster/mango/util/ScriptRunner.java
index 58c249f2..855dba21 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jfaster/mango/util/ScriptRunner.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jfaster/mango/util/ScriptRunner.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.io.Reader;
 import java.sql.*;
+import java.util.Properties;
 
 /**
  * Tool to run database scripts
@@ -40,6 +41,13 @@ public class ScriptRunner {
   private String delimiter = DEFAULT_DELIMITER;
   private boolean fullLineDelimiter = false;
 
+  public Connection getConnection() throws SQLException {
+    if(connection == null) {
+      connection = DriverManager.getConnection("",new Properties());
+    }
+    return connection;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Default constructor
    */