diff --git a/cloudflare/d1/rows.go b/cloudflare/d1/rows.go
index e14f3c1..76c3f81 100644
--- a/cloudflare/d1/rows.go
+++ b/cloudflare/d1/rows.go
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ import (
 type rows struct {
 	rowsArray  js.Value
 	currentRow int
-	// columns is cached value of Columns method.
+	// _columns is cached value of Columns method.
 	// do not use this directly.
-	columns []string
+	_columns []string
 	// _rowsLen is cached value of rowsLen method.
 	// do not use this directly.
 	_rowsLen    int
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ var _ driver.Rows = (*rows)(nil)
 // Columns returns column names retrieved from query result.
 // If rows are empty, this returns nil.
 func (r *rows) Columns() []string {
-	return r.columns
+	return r._columns
 }
 
 func (r *rows) Close() error {
diff --git a/cloudflare/d1/stmt.go b/cloudflare/d1/stmt.go
index b7233a7..fe2cc1b 100644
--- a/cloudflare/d1/stmt.go
+++ b/cloudflare/d1/stmt.go
@@ -67,22 +67,20 @@ func (s *stmt) QueryContext(_ context.Context, args []driver.NamedValue) (driver
 	// If there are no rows to retrieve, length is 0.
 	if rowsArray.Length() == 0 {
 		return &rows{
-			columns:   nil,
+			_columns:  nil,
 			rowsArray: rowsArray,
 		}, nil
 	}
 
-	// The first result array includes the column names.
-	colsArray := rowsArray.Index(0)
+	// First item of rowsArray is column names
+	colsArray := rowsArray.Call("shift")
 	colsLen := colsArray.Length()
 	cols := make([]string, colsLen)
 	for i := 0; i < colsLen; i++ {
 		cols[i] = colsArray.Index(i).String()
 	}
-	// Remove the first result array from the rowsObj.
-	rowsArray.Call("shift")
 	return &rows{
-		columns:   cols,
+		_columns:  cols,
 		rowsArray: rowsArray,
 	}, nil
 }