diff --git a/apps/meteor/ee/server/services/authorization/service.ts b/apps/meteor/ee/server/services/authorization/service.ts
index a983dd5a0e86..3cad2245f557 100644
--- a/apps/meteor/ee/server/services/authorization/service.ts
+++ b/apps/meteor/ee/server/services/authorization/service.ts
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ import { api } from '../../../../server/sdk/api';
 import { Authorization } from '../../../../server/services/authorization/service';
 import { getConnection } from '../mongo';
 
-getConnection()
-	.then((db) => api.registerService(new Authorization(db)))
-	.catch((error) => {
-		console.error(error);
-		process.exit(1);
-	});
+getConnection().then((db) => {
+	api.registerService(new Authorization(db));
+});
diff --git a/apps/meteor/ee/server/services/mongo.ts b/apps/meteor/ee/server/services/mongo.ts
index ff21fdc20b1a..d96b0a75f77d 100644
--- a/apps/meteor/ee/server/services/mongo.ts
+++ b/apps/meteor/ee/server/services/mongo.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { MongoClient, Db, Collection } from 'mongodb';
+import { MongoClient } from 'mongodb';
+import type { Db, Collection } from 'mongodb';
 
 const { MONGO_URL = 'mongodb://localhost:27017/rocketchat' } = process.env;
 
@@ -14,23 +15,43 @@ export enum Collections {
 	Settings = 'rocketchat_settings',
 }
 
-let db: Db;
-export async function getConnection(poolSize = 5): Promise<Db> {
-	if (!db) {
-		const client = new MongoClient(MONGO_URL, {
-			useUnifiedTopology: true,
-			useNewUrlParser: true,
-			poolSize,
-		});
-
-		await client.connect();
-		db = client.db(name);
-	}
+function connectDb(poolSize: number): Promise<MongoClient> {
+	const client = new MongoClient(MONGO_URL, {
+		useUnifiedTopology: true,
+		useNewUrlParser: true,
+		poolSize,
+	});
 
-	return db;
+	return client.connect().catch((error) => {
+		// exits the process in case of any error
+		console.error(error);
+		process.exit(1);
+	});
 }
 
+let db: Db;
+
+export const getConnection = ((): ((poolSize?: number) => Promise<Db>) => {
+	let client: Promise<MongoClient>;
+
+	return async (poolSize = 5): Promise<Db> => {
+		if (db) {
+			return db;
+		}
+		if (!client) {
+			client = connectDb(poolSize);
+			client.then((c) => {
+				db = c.db(name);
+			});
+		}
+		// if getConnection was called multiple times before it was connected, wait for the connection
+		return (await client).db(name);
+	};
+})();
+
 export async function getCollection<T>(name: Collections): Promise<Collection<T>> {
-	await getConnection();
+	if (!db) {
+		db = await getConnection();
+	}
 	return db.collection<T>(name);
 }