diff --git a/space2stats_api/src/pyproject.toml b/space2stats_api/src/pyproject.toml
index 4b35ca8..6814abf 100644
--- a/space2stats_api/src/pyproject.toml
+++ b/space2stats_api/src/pyproject.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "psycopg[pool]",
     "httpx",
     "geojson-pydantic",
-    "shapely",
     "pydantic-settings>=2.0.0",
     "typing_extensions",
 ]
diff --git a/space2stats_api/src/space2stats/db.py b/space2stats_api/src/space2stats/db.py
index 4199ce6..67ff0a2 100644
--- a/space2stats_api/src/space2stats/db.py
+++ b/space2stats_api/src/space2stats/db.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ async def connect_to_db(
         max_idle=settings.DB_MAX_IDLE,
         num_workers=settings.DB_NUM_WORKERS,
         kwargs=pool_kwargs,
+        open=True,
     )
 
     # Make sure the pool is ready