diff --git a/dbhandler.js b/dbhandler.js
index e8df910..2aab11f 100644
--- a/dbhandler.js
+++ b/dbhandler.js
@@ -11,20 +11,8 @@ if (serverType === 1) {
   function establishConnection() {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
   pool.getConnection(function(err, con) {
-    if (err) throw err; // not connected!
+    if (err) console.error("ERR: You lost a connection.\n" + err ); // not connected!
     resolve(con);
-    con.on('error', function(err) {
-      console.log('MySQL error', err);
-      if (err.code === 'PROTOCOL_CONNECTION_LOST') {
-        console.log('Reconnecting MySQL connection...');
-        con = mysql.createConnection(connection.config);
-        pool.getConnection(function(err, connection) {
-          if (err) throw err; // not connected!
-        });
-      } else {
-        throw err;
-      }
-    });
   });
 });
 }
@@ -52,8 +40,8 @@ async function getUserCount() {
           reject(err)
           throw err
         };
-        resolve(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(result)).length);
         con.release();
+        resolve(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(result)).length);
       });
     });
   }
@@ -106,8 +94,8 @@ async function getUserData(req) {
         }
         if (mUser) {
           // Return a Response with the whole identifiable user data. the EXT_ID will be used later to identify images and other things and match them to the user's profile.
-          resolve(mUser);
           con.release();
+          resolve(mUser);
         } else {
           reject(new Error('User not found'));
         }
@@ -160,8 +148,8 @@ async function getExtId(req) {
         }
         if (mUser) {
           // Return a Response with the whole identifiable user data. the EXT_ID will be used later to identify images and other things and match them to the user's profile.
-          resolve(mUser);
           con.release();
+          resolve(mUser);
         } else {
           reject(new Error('User not found'));
         }
@@ -214,8 +202,8 @@ async function getUserScores(req) {
           }
         }
         // Return a Response with all the Scores listed under that user.
-        resolve(mUser)
         con.release();
+        resolve(mUser);
       })
     });
   }
@@ -266,8 +254,8 @@ async function getUserArea(req) {
           }
         }
         // Return a Response with all the Scores listed under that user.
-        resolve(mUser)
         con.release();
+        resolve(mUser)
       })
     });
   }