diff --git a/api/configs/setup.go b/api/configs/setup.go
index 400934a5..b5862503 100644
--- a/api/configs/setup.go
+++ b/api/configs/setup.go
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import (
 	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/bson"
 	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/mongo"
 	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/mongo/options"
+	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/mongo/readconcern"
+	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/mongo/readpref"
 )
 
 type DBSingleton struct {
@@ -25,18 +27,24 @@ var once sync.Once
 
 func ConnectDB() *mongo.Client {
 	once.Do(func() {
-		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second)
-
-		client, err := mongo.Connect(context.Background(), options.Client().ApplyURI(GetEnvMongoURI()))
+		clientOptions := options.Client().
+			ApplyURI(GetEnvMongoURI()).
+			SetMinPoolSize(5).
+			SetMaxPoolSize(100).
+			SetMaxConnIdleTime(10 * time.Minute).
+			SetConnectTimeout(10 * time.Second).
+			SetReadPreference(readpref.SecondaryPreferred()).
+			SetReadConcern(readconcern.Local())
+
+		client, err := mongo.Connect(context.Background(), clientOptions)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatalf("Unable to create MongoDB client")
 		}
 
-		defer cancel()
-
 		// ping the database
-		err = client.Ping(ctx, nil)
-		if err != nil {
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second)
+		defer cancel()
+		if err = client.Ping(ctx, nil); err != nil {
 			log.Fatalf("Unable to ping database")
 		}
 
@@ -115,18 +123,17 @@ var clubOnce sync.Once
 
 func ConnectClubsDB() *sql.DB {
 	clubOnce.Do(func() {
-		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second)
 
 		db, err := sql.Open("pgx", GetClubsDBUri())
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Panic("Unable to connect to clubs database.")
 		}
 
+		// ping the database
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second)
 		defer cancel()
 
-		// ping the database
-		err = db.PingContext(ctx)
-		if err != nil {
+		if err = db.PingContext(ctx); err != nil {
 			log.Panic("Unable to ping database")
 		}
 
diff --git a/api/controllers/section.go b/api/controllers/section.go
index 58fcbd2d..c89323c3 100644
--- a/api/controllers/section.go
+++ b/api/controllers/section.go
@@ -355,4 +355,4 @@ func buildSectionPipeline(endpoint string, sectionQuery bson.M, paginate map[str
 	}
 
 	return append(append(append(baseStages, lookupStages...), replaceStages...), paginateStages...)
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/api/schema/objects.go b/api/schema/objects.go
index ff80e04c..ebc73180 100644
--- a/api/schema/objects.go
+++ b/api/schema/objects.go
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ type AcademicCalendar struct {
 	MidtermsDue              string                    `bson:"midterms_due" json:"midterms_due"`
 	UniversityClosings       [][]string                `bson:"university_closings" json:"university_closings"`
 	NoClasses                [][]string                `bson:"no_classes" json:"no_classes"`
-	URL 					 string 				   `bson:"url" json:"url"`
+	URL                      string                    `bson:"url" json:"url"`
 }
 type AcademicCalendarSession struct {
 	Name               string                        `bson:"name" json:"name"`
diff --git a/api/server.go b/api/server.go
index fe8ee6d0..864c6caf 100644
--- a/api/server.go
+++ b/api/server.go
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ func main() {
 		Dsn:              "https://530f8e39f757b71ab26ad1aa12e17a4d@o4504918397353984.ingest.us.sentry.io/4509397160493056",
 		TracesSampleRate: 1.0,
 		EnableTracing:    true,
+		IgnoreErrors: []string{
+			"tls: internal error",
+			"socket was unexpectedly closed",
+		},
 	}); err != nil {
 		log.Printf("Sentry initialization failed: %v\n", err)
 	}