diff --git a/lib/apagones-client.js b/lib/apagones-client.js
index e1fce9b..53f5dbc 100644
--- a/lib/apagones-client.js
+++ b/lib/apagones-client.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class ApagonesClient {
 
 async function getApagonesDBClient() {
   try {
-    const client = new MongoClient(process.env.MONGODB_URI);
+    const client = new MongoClient(process.env.MONGODB_URI,{ useNewUrlParser: true });
     await client.connect();
     return new ApagonesClient(client.db());
   } catch(error) {