diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/DatabaseImpl.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/DatabaseImpl.ts
index 4db63ad695..274c09438d 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/DatabaseImpl.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/DatabaseImpl.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ export function DatabaseWithConnection(
   connection: string,
   opts?: DatabaseOpts
 ) {
+  if (!dbName || !connection) {
+    throw new Error(
+      "Unable to create database without database name or connection"
+    )
+  }
   const db = new DatabaseImpl(dbName, opts, connection)
   return new DDInstrumentedDatabase(db)
 }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/couchdb.ts b/packages/server/src/integrations/couchdb.ts
index c271fb12b2..4004bc47c6 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/couchdb.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/couchdb.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ class CouchDBIntegration implements IntegrationBase {
   private readonly client: Database
 
   constructor(config: CouchDBConfig) {
+    if (!config.url || !config.database) {
+      throw new Error("Unable to connect without URL or database")
+    }
     this.client = dbCore.DatabaseWithConnection(config.database, config.url)
   }
 
@@ -79,45 +82,30 @@ class CouchDBIntegration implements IntegrationBase {
       connected: false,
     }
     try {
-      const result = await this.query("exists", "validation error", {})
-      response.connected = result === true
+      response.connected = await this.client.exists()
     } catch (e: any) {
       response.error = e.message as string
     }
     return response
   }
 
-  async query(
-    command: string,
-    errorMsg: string,
-    query: { json?: object; id?: string }
-  ) {
-    try {
-      return await (this.client as any)[command](query.id || query.json)
-    } catch (err) {
-      console.error(errorMsg, err)
-      throw err
-    }
-  }
-
   private parse(query: { json: string | object }) {
     return typeof query.json === "string" ? JSON.parse(query.json) : query.json
   }
 
   async create(query: { json: string | object }) {
     const parsed = this.parse(query)
-    return this.query("post", "Error writing to couchDB", { json: parsed })
+    return await this.client.put(parsed)
   }
 
   async read(query: { json: string | object }) {
     const parsed = this.parse(query)
-    const result = await this.query("allDocs", "Error querying couchDB", {
-      json: {
-        include_docs: true,
-        ...parsed,
-      },
-    })
-    return result.rows.map((row: { doc: object }) => row.doc)
+    const params = {
+      include_docs: true,
+      ...parsed,
+    }
+    const result = await this.client.allDocs(params)
+    return result.rows.map(row => row.doc)
   }
 
   async update(query: { json: string | object }) {
@@ -126,22 +114,15 @@ class CouchDBIntegration implements IntegrationBase {
       const oldDoc = await this.get({ id: parsed._id })
       parsed._rev = oldDoc._rev
     }
-    return this.query("put", "Error updating couchDB document", {
-      json: parsed,
-    })
+    return await this.client.put(parsed)
   }
 
   async get(query: { id: string }) {
-    return this.query("get", "Error retrieving couchDB document by ID", {
-      id: query.id,
-    })
+    return await this.client.get(query.id)
   }
 
   async delete(query: { id: string }) {
-    const doc = await this.query("get", "Cannot find doc to be deleted", query)
-    return this.query("remove", "Error deleting couchDB document", {
-      json: doc,
-    })
+    return await this.client.remove(query.id)
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/couchdb.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/couchdb.spec.ts
index f27713a81f..6cb0c438c0 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/couchdb.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/couchdb.spec.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ jest.mock("@budibase/backend-core", () => {
       ...core.db,
       DatabaseWithConnection: function () {
         return {
-          post: jest.fn(),
           allDocs: jest.fn().mockReturnValue({ rows: [] }),
           put: jest.fn(),
           get: jest.fn().mockReturnValue({ _rev: "a" }),
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ describe("CouchDB Integration", () => {
     await config.integration.create({
       json: JSON.stringify(doc),
     })
-    expect(config.integration.client.post).toHaveBeenCalledWith(doc)
+    expect(config.integration.client.put).toHaveBeenCalledWith(doc)
   })
 
   it("calls the read method with the correct params", async () => {
@@ -80,7 +79,6 @@ describe("CouchDB Integration", () => {
   it("calls the delete method with the correct params", async () => {
     const id = "1234"
     await config.integration.delete({ id })
-    expect(config.integration.client.get).toHaveBeenCalledWith(id)
-    expect(config.integration.client.remove).toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(config.integration.client.remove).toHaveBeenCalledWith(id)
   })
 })