diff --git a/common/make_unique.hpp b/common/make_unique.hpp
index 18c1d4774e0041e6618e85f89a3f55b66927207b..aac18079eb0fe3ba6b15e8c52c08363cdd4c9b65 100644
--- a/common/make_unique.hpp
+++ b/common/make_unique.hpp
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include<memory>
+
 namespace cta {
 
 /**
@@ -28,8 +30,8 @@ namespace cta {
  * created on the heap and wrapped by an std::unique_ptr.
  * @return The std::unique_ptr.
  */
-template<typename T, typename... Ts> std::unique_ptr<T> make_unique(Tss&&... params) {
-  return std::unique_ptr<T>(new T(std::foward<Ts>(params)...));
+template<typename T, typename... Ts> std::unique_ptr<T> make_unique(Ts&&... params) {
+  return std::unique_ptr<T>(new T(std::forward<Ts>(params)...));
 }
 
 } // namespace cta
diff --git a/rdbms/ConnFactoryFactory.cpp b/rdbms/ConnFactoryFactory.cpp
index eb9369026d15726e58d135756726df37f9cdd4a6..8ac30c63e6123af65b4180bfe08802df1971d201 100644
--- a/rdbms/ConnFactoryFactory.cpp
+++ b/rdbms/ConnFactoryFactory.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "common/exception/Exception.hpp"
+#include "common/make_unique.hpp"
 #include "rdbms/ConnFactoryFactory.hpp"
 #include "rdbms/OcciConnFactory.hpp"
 #include "rdbms/SqliteConnFactory.hpp"
@@ -31,11 +32,11 @@ std::unique_ptr<ConnFactory> ConnFactoryFactory::create(const Login &login) {
   try {
     switch(login.dbType) {
     case rdbms::Login::DBTYPE_IN_MEMORY:
-      return std::unique_ptr<SqliteConnFactory>(new SqliteConnFactory(":memory:"));
+      return make_unique<SqliteConnFactory>(":memory:");
     case rdbms::Login::DBTYPE_ORACLE:
-      return std::unique_ptr<OcciConnFactory>(new OcciConnFactory(login.username, login.password, login.database));
+      return make_unique<OcciConnFactory>(login.username, login.password, login.database);
     case rdbms::Login::DBTYPE_SQLITE:
-      return std::unique_ptr<SqliteConnFactory>(new SqliteConnFactory(login.database));
+      return make_unique<SqliteConnFactory>(login.database);
     case rdbms::Login::DBTYPE_NONE:
       throw exception::Exception("Cannot create a catalogue without a database type");
     default: