diff --git a/src/GroovePlayer.cpp b/src/GroovePlayer.cpp
index 3919a70495f5ab0831880ebf436b9aea2c604c30..7b548ad1b09d458ec78c7c55f0bab1e94d63844b 100644
--- a/src/GroovePlayer.cpp
+++ b/src/GroovePlayer.cpp
@@ -29,11 +29,13 @@
 #include <groovefingerprinter/fingerprinter.h>
 #include <grooveplayer/player.h>
 
-GroovePlayerMgr::GroovePlayerMgr (std::string dbFile) : sqliteConnection(dbFile), connectionPool(&sqliteConnection, 3)
+GroovePlayerMgr::GroovePlayerMgr (std::string dbFile)
 {
+    sqliteConnection = new Wt::Dbo::backend::Sqlite3(dbFile);
+    connectionPool = new Wt::Dbo::FixedSqlConnectionPool(sqliteConnection, 3);
     musicScanDir = std::filesystem::current_path()/"music";
     Wt::Dbo::Session sqlSession;
-    sqlSession.setConnectionPool(connectionPool);
+    sqlSession.setConnectionPool(*connectionPool);
     sqlSession.mapClass<User>("user");
     sqlSession.mapClass<AudioTrack>("tracks");
     sqlSession.mapClass<UserAction>("actions");
@@ -52,6 +54,11 @@ GroovePlayerMgr::GroovePlayerMgr (std::string dbFile) : sqliteConnection(dbFile)
 
 }
 
+GroovePlayerMgr::~GroovePlayerMgr()
+{
+    delete connectionPool;
+}
+
 std::list<AudioTrack> GroovePlayerMgr::getNextVoteBatch(Wt::Dbo::Session* session)
 {
     /**
@@ -136,7 +143,7 @@ void GroovePlayerMgr::grooveEventLoop()
      */
     
     Wt::Dbo::Session sqlSession;
-    sqlSession.setConnectionPool(connectionPool);
+    sqlSession.setConnectionPool(*connectionPool);
     sqlSession.mapClass<User>("user");
     sqlSession.mapClass<AudioTrack>("tracks");
     sqlSession.mapClass<UserAction>("actions");
@@ -471,7 +478,7 @@ void GroovePlayerMgr::removeOrphanedTracks(Wt::Dbo::Session* session)
 void GroovePlayerMgr::grooveAudioScannerLoop()
 {
     Wt::Dbo::Session sqlSession;
-    sqlSession.setConnectionPool(connectionPool);
+    sqlSession.setConnectionPool(*connectionPool);
     sqlSession.mapClass<User>("user");
     sqlSession.mapClass<AudioTrack>("tracks");
     sqlSession.mapClass<UserAction>("actions");
diff --git a/src/GroovePlayer.h b/src/GroovePlayer.h
index b03d5f920a8e63541a5023e7c3cb345a32f7065f..ce05c213fa320670db2bdf4c71e5082352862ab4 100644
--- a/src/GroovePlayer.h
+++ b/src/GroovePlayer.h
@@ -54,8 +54,9 @@ private:
     enum PlayerEvents {NOTHING, GROOVE_NOWPLAYING, VOTING_ENDED, VOTE_CAST, PLAYING_PAUSED, PLAYING_RESUMED, SKIP_REQUESTED, SKIP_VOTE_CAST, SKIP_VOTING_ENDED, ADMIN_FORCE_SKIP};
     
     GroovePlayerMgr (std::string dbFile);
-    Wt::Dbo::backend::Sqlite3 sqliteConnection;
-    Wt::Dbo::FixedSqlConnectionPool connectionPool;
+    ~GroovePlayerMgr();
+    Wt::Dbo::backend::Sqlite3* sqliteConnection;
+    Wt::Dbo::FixedSqlConnectionPool* connectionPool;
     bool continueEventLoop = true;
     
     std::list<AudioTrack> requestQueue;