diff --git a/safrs/safrs_init.py b/safrs/safrs_init.py
index 99d6e6e..9f29486 100755
--- a/safrs/safrs_init.py
+++ b/safrs/safrs_init.py
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ def api_wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
 #
 # DB and logging initialization
 #
-DB = None
+DB = SQLAlchemy()
 
 try:
     DEBUG = os.getenv("DEBUG", logging.WARNING)