diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 615167b..c5e3b50 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ use crate::templates::shift_reports_html;
 
 include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/templates.rs"));
 
-async fn establish_connection() -> Pool<AsyncMysqlConnection> {
+fn establish_connection() -> Pool<AsyncMysqlConnection> {
     dotenv().ok();
 
     let database_url = std::env::var("DATABASE_URL").expect("You must set DATABASE_URL");
@@ -47,14 +47,13 @@ async fn establish_connection() -> Pool<AsyncMysqlConnection> {
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub(crate) struct AppState {
-    #[allow(dead_code)]
     connection: Pool<AsyncMysqlConnection>,
 }
 
 impl AppState {
-    async fn init() -> Self {
+    fn init() -> Self {
         Self {
-            connection: establish_connection().await,
+            connection: establish_connection(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ async fn main() {
         .with(tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer())
         .init();
 
-    let state = AppState::init().await;
+    let state = AppState::init();
 
     let fallback_handler = ServeDir::new("dist").not_found_service(ServeFile::new("dist/404.html"));