diff --git a/packages/@nodepack/plugin-db-fauna/src/runtime/index.js b/packages/@nodepack/plugin-db-fauna/src/runtime/index.js
index c21a6fd..c08bf51 100644
--- a/packages/@nodepack/plugin-db-fauna/src/runtime/index.js
+++ b/packages/@nodepack/plugin-db-fauna/src/runtime/index.js
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import { hook } from '@nodepack/app-context'
 import { Client as FaunaClient } from 'faunadb'
 import { readMigrationRecords, writeMigrationRecords } from './migration'
+import { addProp } from '@nodepack/app-context/src'
 
 hook('create', async (ctx) => {
   if (ctx.config.fauna) {
-    ctx.fauna = new FaunaClient(ctx.config.fauna)
+    addProp(ctx, 'fauna', () => new FaunaClient(ctx.config.fauna))
     if (process.env.NODEPACK_MAINTENANCE_FRAGMENTS) {
       // DB migrations
       ctx.readDbMigrationRecords = () => readMigrationRecords(ctx)
diff --git a/packages/@nodepack/plugin-db-knex/src/runtime/index.js b/packages/@nodepack/plugin-db-knex/src/runtime/index.js
index 52c8a3c..1c86544 100644
--- a/packages/@nodepack/plugin-db-knex/src/runtime/index.js
+++ b/packages/@nodepack/plugin-db-knex/src/runtime/index.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import { hook } from '@nodepack/app-context'
+import { hook, addProp } from '@nodepack/app-context'
 import knex from 'knex'
 import { readMigrationRecords, writeMigrationRecords } from './migration'
 
 hook('create', async (ctx) => {
   if (ctx.config.knex) {
-    ctx.knex = knex(ctx.config.knex)
+    addProp(ctx, 'knex', () => knex(ctx.config.knex))
     if (process.env.NODEPACK_MAINTENANCE_FRAGMENTS) {
       // DB migrations
       ctx.readDbMigrationRecords = () => readMigrationRecords(ctx)
diff --git a/packages/@nodepack/plugin-db-sequelize/src/runtime/index.js b/packages/@nodepack/plugin-db-sequelize/src/runtime/index.js
index 392b9d8..3d7bc1b 100644
--- a/packages/@nodepack/plugin-db-sequelize/src/runtime/index.js
+++ b/packages/@nodepack/plugin-db-sequelize/src/runtime/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { hook } from '@nodepack/app-context'
+import { hook, addProp } from '@nodepack/app-context'
 import { Sequelize } from 'sequelize'
 import { loadModels } from './models'
 
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ let synced = false
 
 hook('create', async (ctx) => {
   if (ctx.config.sequelize) {
-    const sequelize = ctx.sequelize = new Sequelize(ctx.config.sequelize)
-    loadModels(ctx)
+    addProp(ctx, 'sequelize', () => new Sequelize(ctx.config.sequelize))
+    addProp(ctx, 'models', () => loadModels(ctx))
 
     // Sync models for development
     if (ctx.config.syncModels && !synced) {
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ hook('create', async (ctx) => {
       if (typeof ctx.config.syncModels === 'object') {
         options = ctx.config.syncModels
       }
-      await sequelize.sync(options)
+      await ctx.sequelize.sync(options)
     }
 
     hook('destroy', () => {
-      sequelize.close()
+      ctx.sequelize.close()
     })
   } else {
     console.warn('⚠️ No `sequelize` configuration found. Create a `config/sequelize.js` file that exports default a sequelize configuration object.')
diff --git a/packages/@nodepack/plugin-db-sequelize/src/runtime/models.js b/packages/@nodepack/plugin-db-sequelize/src/runtime/models.js
index d81879b..1dcc105 100644
--- a/packages/@nodepack/plugin-db-sequelize/src/runtime/models.js
+++ b/packages/@nodepack/plugin-db-sequelize/src/runtime/models.js
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 import { pascal } from 'case'
 
 export async function loadModels (ctx) {
-  if (!ctx.models) {
-    ctx.models = {}
-  }
+  const models = {}
   const files = require.context('@', true, /^.\/models\/.*\.[jt]sx?$/)
   for (const key of files.keys()) {
     const module = files(key)
     const fn = module.default || module
     if (typeof fn === 'function') {
       const [, modelName] = /([a-z_-]+)\.[jt]sx?$/i.exec(key)
-      ctx.models[pascal(modelName)] = fn(ctx)
+      models[pascal(modelName)] = fn(ctx)
     }
   }
+  return models
 }