diff --git a/backend/app/backend_pre_start.py b/backend/app/backend_pre_start.py
index 5d823e11..15580ed6 100644
--- a/backend/app/backend_pre_start.py
+++ b/backend/app/backend_pre_start.py
@@ -23,15 +23,19 @@
 )
 async def init():
     try:
-        with SessionLocal() as db:
+        async with SessionLocal() as db:
             # Try to create session to check if DB is awake
             await db.execute(text("SELECT 1"))
-            # Ensure to run Alembic on startup
-            for key in ("DATABASE_URL", "SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI"):
-                if key in os.environ:
-                    os.environ[key] = os.environ[key].replace("+asyncpg", "")
-            alembicArgs = ["--raiseerr", "upgrade", "head"]
-            alembic.config.main(alembicArgs)
+            await db.commit()
+            logger.info("DB connection ready")
+
+        # Ensure to run Alembic on startup
+        for key in ("DATABASE_URL", "SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI"):
+            if key in os.environ:
+                os.environ[key] = os.environ[key].replace("+asyncpg", "")
+
+        alembicArgs = ["--raiseerr", "upgrade", "head"]
+        alembic.config.main(alembicArgs)
     except Exception as e:
         logger.error(e)
         raise e