diff --git a/application/Controllers/Checks.php b/application/Controllers/Checks.php
index 56ccfb426233..613c7960c013 100644
--- a/application/Controllers/Checks.php
+++ b/application/Controllers/Checks.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 use CodeIgniter\API\ResponseTrait;
 use CodeIgniter\Config\Services;
 use CodeIgniter\Controller;
+use CodeIgniter\I18n\Time;
 use CodeIgniter\Model;
 use Config\Database;
 use Tests\Support\Models\JobModel;
@@ -186,4 +187,20 @@ public function image()
 		ddd($images);
 	}
 
+	public function time()
+	{
+		$time = new Time();
+
+		echo($time);
+		echo '<br/>';
+		echo Time::now();
+		echo '<br/>';
+		echo Time::parse('First Monday of December');
+		echo '<br/>';
+
+		$time = new Time('Next Monday');
+		die($time);
+	}
+
+
 }
diff --git a/system/Database/MySQLi/Connection.php b/system/Database/MySQLi/Connection.php
index c29fbf1acf28..1df2c697426e 100644
--- a/system/Database/MySQLi/Connection.php
+++ b/system/Database/MySQLi/Connection.php
@@ -357,6 +357,11 @@ protected function _escapeString(string $str): string
 			return $str;
 		}
 
+		if (is_null($this->connID))
+		{
+			$this->initialize();
+		}
+
 		return $this->connID->real_escape_string($str);
 	}
 
diff --git a/system/Database/Postgre/Connection.php b/system/Database/Postgre/Connection.php
index 9b203e9716d8..436a21081a3d 100644
--- a/system/Database/Postgre/Connection.php
+++ b/system/Database/Postgre/Connection.php
@@ -239,6 +239,11 @@ public function escape($str)
 	 */
 	protected function _escapeString(string $str): string
 	{
+		if (is_null($this->connID))
+		{
+			$this->initialize();
+		}
+
 		return pg_escape_string($this->connID, $str);
 	}