diff --git a/app_urls/init_db.py b/app_urls/init_db.py
index 920042a..2d3950a 100644
--- a/app_urls/init_db.py
+++ b/app_urls/init_db.py
@@ -215,6 +215,10 @@ def initialize_data():
                 print(query)
                 cur.execute(query)
 
+    # Connect to an existing database
+    with psycopg.connect(connection_info) as conn:
+        # Open a cursor to perform database operations
+        with conn.cursor() as cur:
             # Feeds, URL host, keyword search
             for search_type, list_searches in data_json.get("SEARCH", {}).items():
                 for search in list_searches: