diff --git a/SQLite.CodeFirst/SqliteConnectionStringParser.cs b/SQLite.CodeFirst/SqliteConnectionStringParser.cs
index fc8cd11..c5036c4 100644
--- a/SQLite.CodeFirst/SqliteConnectionStringParser.cs
+++ b/SQLite.CodeFirst/SqliteConnectionStringParser.cs
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ public static IDictionary<string, string> ParseSqliteConnectionString(string con
         public static string GetDataSource(string connectionString)
         {
             var path = ExpandDataDirectory(ParseSqliteConnectionString(connectionString)["data source"]);
+            // remove quotation mark if exists
+            path = path.Trim('"');
             return path;
         }