diff --git a/src/app/rosetta/lib/rosetta.ml b/src/app/rosetta/lib/rosetta.ml
index 7c6bd056326..57e02059913 100644
--- a/src/app/rosetta/lib/rosetta.ml
+++ b/src/app/rosetta/lib/rosetta.ml
@@ -17,16 +17,30 @@ let router ~graphql_uri ~db ~logger route body =
   | _ ->
       Deferred.return (Error `Page_not_found)
 
-let server_handler ~db ~graphql_uri ~logger ~body _sock req =
+let server_handler ~pool ~graphql_uri ~logger ~body _sock req =
   let uri = Cohttp_async.Request.uri req in
   let%bind body = Cohttp_async.Body.to_string body in
   let route = List.tl_exn (String.split ~on:'/' (Uri.path uri)) in
   let%bind result =
+    let with_db f =
+      Caqti_async.Pool.use (fun db -> f ~db) pool
+      |> Deferred.Result.map_error ~f:(function
+           | `App e ->
+               `App e
+           | `Page_not_found ->
+               `Page_not_found
+           | `Connect_failed _e ->
+               `App (Errors.create (`Sql "Connect failed"))
+           | `Connect_rejected _e ->
+               `App (Errors.create (`Sql "Connect rejected"))
+           | `Post_connect _e ->
+               `App (Errors.create (`Sql "Post connect error")) )
+    in
     match Yojson.Safe.from_string body with
     | body ->
-        router route body ~db ~graphql_uri ~logger
+        with_db (router route body ~graphql_uri ~logger)
     | exception Yojson.Json_error "Blank input data" ->
-        router route `Null ~db ~graphql_uri ~logger
+        with_db (router route `Null ~graphql_uri ~logger)
     | exception Yojson.Json_error err ->
         Errors.create ~context:"JSON in request malformed"
           (`Json_parse (Some err))
@@ -70,13 +84,13 @@ let command =
   fun () ->
     let logger = Logger.create () in
     Cli.logger_setup log_json log_level ;
-    match%bind Caqti_async.connect archive_uri with
+    match Caqti_async.connect_pool ~max_size:128 archive_uri with
     | Error e ->
         [%log error]
           ~metadata:[("error", `String (Caqti_error.show e))]
-          "Failed to connect to postgresql database. Error: $error" ;
+          "Failed to create a caqti pool to postgres. Error: $error" ;
         Deferred.unit
-    | Ok db ->
+    | Ok pool ->
         let%bind server =
           Cohttp_async.Server.create_expert ~max_connections:128
             ~on_handler_error:
@@ -88,7 +102,7 @@ let command =
                       [ ("error", `String (Exn.to_string_mach exn))
                       ; ("context", `String "rest_server") ] ))
             (Async.Tcp.Where_to_listen.bind_to All_addresses (On_port port))
-            (server_handler ~db ~graphql_uri ~logger)
+            (server_handler ~pool ~graphql_uri ~logger)
         in
         [%log info]
           ~metadata:[("port", `Int port)]