diff --git a/backend/api/db/db.py b/backend/api/db/db.py
index 0dac1b1..fd695cb 100644
--- a/backend/api/db/db.py
+++ b/backend/api/db/db.py
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 from asyncio import sleep
 from logging import getLogger
-from typing import Annotated, AsyncIterator
 
-from fastapi import Depends
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemyInstrumentor
-from sqlalchemy import text
 from sqlalchemy.exc import OperationalError, SQLAlchemyError
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import (
     async_sessionmaker,
@@ -16,6 +13,7 @@ from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import (
 from .base_class import Base
 from ..settings import DatabaseSettings
 
+
 logger = getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -30,8 +28,7 @@ class Database:
 
         except (SQLAlchemyError, AttributeError) as e:
             logger.exception(e)
-
-        return None
+            raise
 
     # TODO: Preserve UserLastStopSearchResults table from drop.
     async def connect(