diff --git a/database/actor.go b/database/actor.go
index dad527d..29993a4 100644
--- a/database/actor.go
+++ b/database/actor.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"git.sdf.org/jchenry/x"
 )
 
-type Func func(db *sql.DB)
+type Func func(ctx context.Context, db *sql.DB) error
 
 type Actor struct {
 	DB         *sql.DB
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ func (a *Actor) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 	for {
 		select {
 		case f := <-a.ActionChan:
-			f(a.DB)
+			if err:= f(ctx, a.DB); err != nil{
+				return err
+			}
 		case <-ctx.Done():
 			return ctx.Err()
 		}
diff --git a/database/transactor.go b/database/transactor.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49b225f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/transactor.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package database
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"database/sql"
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+// WithinTransaction is a functional equivalent of the Transactor interface created by Thibaut Rousseau's
+// https://blog.thibaut-rousseau.com/blog/sql-transactions-in-go-the-good-way/
+func WithinTransaction(f Func) Func {
+	return func(ctx context.Context, db *sql.DB) error {
+		tx, err := db.BeginTx(ctx, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to begin transaction: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		if err := f(ctx, db); err != nil {
+			_ = tx.Rollback()
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if err := tx.Commit(); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to commit transaction: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	}
+}