diff --git a/database.py b/database.py
index 2e5ba6f..cbff64d 100644
--- a/database.py
+++ b/database.py
@@ -66,6 +66,19 @@ class DBConnector:
         finally:
             return result
 
+    def _read_dict(self) -> list[dict]:
+        """Read the cursor as a list of dictionaries. psycopg2 defaults to using a list of tuples, so we want to convert
+        each row into a dictionary before we return it."""
+        cols = [i.name for i in self.cur.description]
+        results = []
+        for row in self.cur:
+            row_dict = {}
+            for i in range(0, len(row)):
+                if row[i]:
+                    row_dict = {**row_dict, cols[i]: row[i]}
+            results.append(row_dict)
+        return results
+
     def read(self, **kwargs) -> list[dict]:
         """Read rows from a database that match the specified filters.