diff --git a/lib/getMongoDBClient.ts b/lib/getMongoDBClient.ts
index c1151f5..f72b04b 100644
--- a/lib/getMongoDBClient.ts
+++ b/lib/getMongoDBClient.ts
@@ -18,5 +18,7 @@ export const getMongoDBClient = async () => {
   const client = new MongoClient(URI);
 
   await client.connect();
-  return client.db(DATABASENAME);
+  db = client.db(DATABASENAME);
+  
+  return db;
 }