diff --git a/packages/health-check/src/index.js b/packages/health-check/src/index.js
index 169e005b..5ea907db 100644
--- a/packages/health-check/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/health-check/src/index.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ if (!process.env.PORTAL_URL) {
 
 const express = require("express");
 const bodyparser = require("body-parser");
+const db = require("./db");
 
 require("./schedule");
 
@@ -16,6 +17,10 @@ const server = express();
 
 server.use(bodyparser.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
 server.use(bodyparser.json());
+server.use((req, res, next) => {
+  db.read();
+  next();
+});
 
 server.get("/health-check", require("./api/index"));
 server.get("/health-check/critical", require("./api/critical"));
diff --git a/packages/health-check/src/schedule.js b/packages/health-check/src/schedule.js
index 70f4d44b..3ea7708a 100644
--- a/packages/health-check/src/schedule.js
+++ b/packages/health-check/src/schedule.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const criticalJob = schedule.scheduleJob("*/5 * * * *", async () => {
     checks: await Promise.all(criticalChecks.map((check) => new Promise(check))),
   };
 
-  db.get("critical").push(entry).write();
+  db.read().get("critical").push(entry).write();
 });
 
 // execute the verbose health-check script once per hour
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const verboseJob = schedule.scheduleJob("0 * * * *", async () => {
     checks: await Promise.all(verboseChecks.map((check) => new Promise(check))),
   };
 
-  db.get("verbose").push(entry).write();
+  db.read().get("verbose").push(entry).write();
 });
 
 // Launch Health check jobs