diff --git a/update.go b/update.go
index 654f8b8..75afeed 100644
--- a/update.go
+++ b/update.go
@@ -189,6 +189,10 @@ func (b *UpdateBuilder) ToSql() (string, []interface{}) {
 // Exec executes the statement represented by the UpdateBuilder
 // It returns the raw database/sql Result and an error if there was one
 func (b *UpdateBuilder) Exec() (sql.Result, error) {
+	return b.ExecContext(context.Background())
+}
+
+func (b *UpdateBuilder) ExecContext(ctx context.Context) (sql.Result, error) {
 	sql, args := b.ToSql()
 
 	fullSql, err := Interpolate(sql, args)
@@ -207,7 +211,3 @@ func (b *UpdateBuilder) Exec() (sql.Result, error) {
 
 	return result, nil
 }
-
-func (b *UpdateBuilder) ExecContext(ctx context.Context) (sql.Result, error) {
-	return nil, nil
-}