diff --git a/_official-blog-tutorial/app/db.server.ts b/_official-blog-tutorial/app/db.server.ts
index ac5701fa..a76df7ad 100644
--- a/_official-blog-tutorial/app/db.server.ts
+++ b/_official-blog-tutorial/app/db.server.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,4 @@ import { PrismaClient } from "@prisma/client";
 import { singleton } from "./singleton.server";
 
 // Hard-code a unique key, so we can look up the client when this module gets re-imported
-const prisma = singleton("prisma", () => new PrismaClient());
-prisma.$connect();
-
-export { prisma };
+export const prisma = singleton("prisma", () => new PrismaClient());