diff --git a/lib/Connection.js b/lib/Connection.js
index 1f81fc84..4f447e5a 100644
--- a/lib/Connection.js
+++ b/lib/Connection.js
@@ -31,35 +31,15 @@ class Connection {
   /**
    * @description Creates a new Connection object
    * @constructor
-   * @param {object | string} optionsOrDb
-   * @param {string} user
-   * @param {string} pwd
-   * @param {object} [restConfig]
+   * @param {object} options
    */
-  constructor(optionsOrDb, username, password, restOptions) {
+  constructor(options) {
     this.commandList = [];
     this.returnError = true;
     this.verbose = false;
-    let options = optionsOrDb;
 
-    // maintain compatibility with versions < 1.0
     if (typeof options !== 'object') {
-      options = {
-        returnError: false,
-        transport: 'idb',
-        transportOptions: {
-          database: optionsOrDb,
-          username,
-          password,
-        },
-      };
-      if (restOptions && typeof restOptions === 'object') {
-        if (restOptions.host) {
-          // pre v1.0 falls back to idb transport when host is not specified
-          options.transport = 'rest';
-        }
-        options.transportOptions = { ...options.transportOptions, ...restOptions };
-      }
+      throw new Error('options must be an object');
     }
 
     this.transport = options.transport;
diff --git a/lib/Deprecated.js b/lib/Deprecated.js
index 09eb1c01..752c3efd 100644
--- a/lib/Deprecated.js
+++ b/lib/Deprecated.js
@@ -402,8 +402,37 @@ class iSql {
 
 // DEPRECATED: For now, routes call to Connection, but will be removed at a later time.
 class iConn {
+  /**
+   * @description Creates a new iConn object
+   * @constructor
+   * @param {string} db
+   * @param {string} user
+   * @param {string} pwd
+   * @param {object} [option]
+   */
   constructor(db, user, pwd, option) {
-    this.connection = new Connection(db, user, pwd, option);
+    iConnDeprecate('As of v1.0, class \'iConn\' is deprecated. Please use \'Connection\' instead.');
+
+    // Assume using idb as the transport
+    const options = {
+      returnError: false,
+      transport: 'idb',
+      transportOptions: {
+        database: db,
+        username: user,
+        password: pwd,
+      },
+    };
+
+    if (option && typeof option === 'object') {
+      // pre v1.0 falls back to idb transport when host is not specified
+      if (option.host) {
+        options.transport = 'rest';
+      }
+      options.transportOptions = { ...options.transportOptions, ...option };
+    }
+
+    this.connection = new Connection(options);
   }
 
   /**