diff --git a/backend-services/user-service/database/conn.js b/backend-services/user-service/database/conn.js
index dc9019928235b35cc99a05e7717d7f418d302c2e..4ba390afab9379af2d5d7d6ad7d5a4e8d46cf648 100644
--- a/backend-services/user-service/database/conn.js
+++ b/backend-services/user-service/database/conn.js
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ import { MongoMemoryServer } from "mongodb-memory-server";
 
 async function connect(){
 
-    const mongod = await MongoMemoryServer.create();
-    const getUri = mongod.getUri();
+    // const mongod = await MongoMemoryServer.create();
+    // const getUri = mongod.getUri();
 
-    mongoose.set('strictQuery', true)
-    const db = await mongoose.connect(getUri);
+    const uri = process.env.MONGO_URI
+    console.log(uri)
+    const db = await mongoose.connect(uri);
     console.log("Database Connected")
     return db;