diff --git a/backend/cmd/clipper/main.go b/backend/cmd/clipper/main.go
index aea8605..6d7521f 100644
--- a/backend/cmd/clipper/main.go
+++ b/backend/cmd/clipper/main.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 	awsconfig "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/s3"
-	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v4"
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v4/pgxpool"
 	"github.com/kkdai/youtube/v2"
 )
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	// Create a store
-	dbConn, err := pgx.Connect(ctx, config.DatabaseURL)
+	dbConn, err := pgxpool.Connect(ctx, config.DatabaseURL)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/backend/go.mod b/backend/go.mod
index 8dfedce..651c167 100644
--- a/backend/go.mod
+++ b/backend/go.mod
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/jackc/pgproto3/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20200714003250-2b9c44734f2b // indirect
 	github.com/jackc/pgtype v1.9.0 // indirect
+	github.com/jackc/puddle v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.13.6 // indirect
 	github.com/lib/pq v1.10.4 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.14 // indirect
diff --git a/backend/go.sum b/backend/go.sum
index 68963fc..a8aba53 100644
--- a/backend/go.sum
+++ b/backend/go.sum
@@ -380,6 +380,7 @@ github.com/jackc/pgx/v4 v4.14.0/go.mod h1:jT3ibf/A0ZVCp89rtCIN0zCJxcE74ypROmHEZY
 github.com/jackc/puddle v0.0.0-20190413234325-e4ced69a3a2b/go.mod h1:m4B5Dj62Y0fbyuIc15OsIqK0+JU8nkqQjsgx7dvjSWk=
 github.com/jackc/puddle v0.0.0-20190608224051-11cab39313c9/go.mod h1:m4B5Dj62Y0fbyuIc15OsIqK0+JU8nkqQjsgx7dvjSWk=
 github.com/jackc/puddle v1.1.3/go.mod h1:m4B5Dj62Y0fbyuIc15OsIqK0+JU8nkqQjsgx7dvjSWk=
+github.com/jackc/puddle v1.2.0 h1:DNDKdn/pDrWvDWyT2FYvpZVE81OAhWrjCv19I9n108Q=
 github.com/jackc/puddle v1.2.0/go.mod h1:m4B5Dj62Y0fbyuIc15OsIqK0+JU8nkqQjsgx7dvjSWk=
 github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.0.0-20180206201540-c2b33e8439af/go.mod h1:Nht3zPeWKUH0NzdCt2Blrr5ys8VGpn0CEB0cQHVjt7k=
 github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.4.0/go.mod h1:T8mJZnbsbmF+m6zOOFylbeCJqk5+pHWvzYPziyZiYoo=