diff --git a/cmd/squibble/squibble.go b/cmd/squibble/squibble.go
index 27194f7..d893c1f 100644
--- a/cmd/squibble/squibble.go
+++ b/cmd/squibble/squibble.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"context"
 	"database/sql"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
@@ -141,30 +142,11 @@ var digestFlags struct {
 }
 
 func runDigest(env *command.Env, path string) error {
-	if digestFlags.SQL || filepath.Ext(path) == ".sql" {
-		text, err := os.ReadFile(path)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		hash, err := squibble.SQLDigest(string(text))
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		fmt.Println("sql:", hash)
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite", path)
+	kind, digest, err := loadDigest(env.Context(), path, digestFlags.SQL)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("open db: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("compute %s digest: %w", kind, err)
 	}
-	defer db.Close()
-
-	hash, err := squibble.DBDigest(env.Context(), db)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	fmt.Println("db: ", hash)
+	fmt.Printf("%s: %s\n", kind, digest)
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -193,3 +175,23 @@ func runHistory(env *command.Env, dbPath string) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+func loadDigest(ctx context.Context, path string, forceSQL bool) (kind, digest string, _ error) {
+	if !forceSQL && filepath.Ext(path) != ".sql" {
+		if _, err := os.Stat(path); err == nil {
+			db, err := sql.Open("sqlite", path)
+			if err == nil {
+				defer db.Close()
+				d, err := squibble.DBDigest(ctx, db)
+				return "db", d, err
+			}
+		}
+		// fallthrough
+	}
+	text, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "sql", "", err
+	}
+	d, err := squibble.SQLDigest(string(text))
+	return "sql", d, err
+}