diff --git a/prime-router/src/main/kotlin/azure/DatabaseAccess.kt b/prime-router/src/main/kotlin/azure/DatabaseAccess.kt
index 9dd6fbd8b8e..27d259e574b 100644
--- a/prime-router/src/main/kotlin/azure/DatabaseAccess.kt
+++ b/prime-router/src/main/kotlin/azure/DatabaseAccess.kt
@@ -1414,11 +1414,7 @@ class DatabaseAccess(val create: DSLContext) : Logging {
             config.addDataSourceProperty("cachePrepStmts", "true")
             config.addDataSourceProperty("prepStmtCacheSize", "250")
             config.addDataSourceProperty("prepStmtCacheSqlLimit", "2048")
-            config.addDataSourceProperty(
-                "connectionTimeout",
-                "60000"
-            ) // Default is 30000 (30 seconds)
-
+            config.connectionTimeout = 60000 // default is 30000
             // See this info why these are a good value
             //  https://github.com/brettwooldridge/HikariCP/wiki/About-Pool-Sizing
             config.minimumIdle = 2