diff --git a/src/Migration/Migrator.php b/src/Migration/Migrator.php
index 6d47d26..03c6ff2 100644
--- a/src/Migration/Migrator.php
+++ b/src/Migration/Migrator.php
@@ -27,12 +27,14 @@ class Migrator {
 	protected string $tableName;
 	protected string $charset;
 	protected string $collate;
+	protected Settings $settings;
 
 	public function __construct(
 		Settings $settings,
 		string $path,
 		string $tableName = "_migration"
 	) {
+		$this->settings = clone $settings;
 		$this->schema = $settings->getSchema();
 		$this->path = $path;
 		$this->tableName = $tableName;
@@ -298,6 +300,14 @@ public function resetMigrationSequence(int $numberToForce):void {
 	 */
 	public function deleteAndRecreateSchema():void {
 		if($this->driver === Settings::DRIVER_SQLITE) {
+			unset($this->dbClient);
+
+			if($this->schema !== Settings::SCHEMA_IN_MEMORY
+			&& is_file($this->schema)) {
+				unlink($this->schema);
+			}
+
+			$this->dbClient = new Database($this->settings);
 			return;
 		}
 
diff --git a/test/phpunit/Cli/ExecuteCommandTest.php b/test/phpunit/Cli/ExecuteCommandTest.php
index 614fbc7..30a49ca 100644
--- a/test/phpunit/Cli/ExecuteCommandTest.php
+++ b/test/phpunit/Cli/ExecuteCommandTest.php
@@ -247,6 +247,49 @@ public function testExecuteWithResetWithNumber():void {
 		}
 	}
 
+	public function testExecuteWithForceResetsSqliteDatabaseAndRerunsFromMigrationOne():void {
+		$project = $this->createProjectDir();
+		$sqlitePath = str_replace("\\", "/", $project . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . "cli-test.db");
+		$this->writeConfigIni($project, $sqlitePath);
+		$this->createMigrations($project, 2);
+
+		$cwdBackup = getcwd();
+		chdir($project);
+		try {
+			$cmd = new ExecuteCommand();
+			$initialStreams = $this->makeStreamFiles();
+			$cmd->setStream($initialStreams["stream"]);
+			$cmd->run(new ArgumentValueList());
+
+			$settings = new Settings($project . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . "query", Settings::DRIVER_SQLITE, $sqlitePath);
+			$db = new Database($settings);
+			$db->executeSql("insert into `test` (`id`, `name`, `new_column_2`) values (1, 'before-force', 'value')");
+			$rowCountBeforeForce = $db->executeSql("select count(*) as c from `test`")->fetch()?->getInt("c");
+			self::assertSame(1, $rowCountBeforeForce);
+
+			unset($db);
+
+			$forceStreams = $this->makeStreamFiles();
+			$cmd->setStream($forceStreams["stream"]);
+			$args = new ArgumentValueList();
+			$args->set("force");
+			$cmd->run($args);
+
+			list("out" => $out) = $this->readFromFiles($forceStreams["out"], $forceStreams["err"]);
+			self::assertStringContainsString("Migration 1:", $out);
+			self::assertStringContainsString("2 migrations were completed successfully.", $out);
+
+			$dbAfterForce = new Database($settings);
+			$rowCountAfterForce = $dbAfterForce->executeSql("select count(*) as c from `test`")->fetch()?->getInt("c");
+			self::assertSame(0, $rowCountAfterForce);
+			$migrationCount = $dbAfterForce->executeSql("select count(*) as c from `_migration`")->fetch()?->getInt("c");
+			self::assertSame(2, $migrationCount);
+		}
+		finally {
+			chdir($cwdBackup);
+		}
+	}
+
 	public function testOptionalParameterListContainsCliOverrides():void {
 		$command = new ExecuteCommand();
 		$parameterNames = array_map(