diff --git a/discordbot/titanembeds/bot.py b/discordbot/titanembeds/bot.py
index 83f8c1b..f5481a2 100644
--- a/discordbot/titanembeds/bot.py
+++ b/discordbot/titanembeds/bot.py
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ logging.getLogger('TitanBot')
 logging.getLogger('sqlalchemy')
 
 bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix=config['command-prefix'])
-database = DatabaseInterface(bot)
-
+database = none
 def _cleanup():
     try:
         bot.loop.run_until_complete(logout())
@@ -39,11 +38,11 @@ async def on_ready(self):
         game=discord.Game(name="Embed your Discord server! Visit https://TitanEmbeds.tk/"), status=discord.Status.online
     )
     try:
-        await self.database.connect(config["database-uri"] + "?charset=utf8mb4")
+        database = DatabaseInterface(bot, config["database-uri"] + "?charset=utf8mb4")
     except Exception:
         self.logger.error("Unable to connect to specified database!")
         traceback.print_exc()
-        await self.logout()
+        await bot.logout()
         return
     if "no-init" not in sys.argv:
         for server in bot.servers:
diff --git a/discordbot/titanembeds/database/__init__.py b/discordbot/titanembeds/database/__init__.py
index bd63774..6b1e315 100644
--- a/discordbot/titanembeds/database/__init__.py
+++ b/discordbot/titanembeds/database/__init__.py
@@ -18,13 +18,9 @@ from titanembeds.database.unauthenticated_bans import UnauthenticatedBans
 
 class DatabaseInterface(object):
     # Courtesy of https://github.com/SunDwarf/Jokusoramame
-    def __init__(self, bot):
+    async def __init__(self, bot, dburi):
         self.bot = bot
 
-        self.engine = None  # type: Engine
-        self._sessionmaker = None  # type: sessionmaker
-
-    async def connect(self, dburi):
         async with threadpool():
             self.engine = create_engine(dburi, pool_recycle=10)
             self._sessionmaker = sessionmaker(bind=self.engine, expire_on_commit=False)