diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/DatabaseImpl.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/DatabaseImpl.ts
index c7c4f98e98..35b11fbd59 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/DatabaseImpl.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/DatabaseImpl.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ function buildNano(couchInfo: { url: string; cookie: string }) {
   })
 }
 
-export function DatabaseWithConnection(
+export function DatabaseWithConnectionNoDD(
   dbName: string,
   connection: string,
   opts?: DatabaseOpts
@@ -39,10 +39,16 @@ export function DatabaseWithConnection(
   if (!connection) {
     throw new Error("Must provide connection details")
   }
-  return new DDInstrumentedDatabase(
-    new DatabaseImpl(dbName, opts, connection),
-    "couchdb"
-  )
+  return new DatabaseImpl(dbName, opts, connection)
+}
+
+export function DatabaseWithConnection(
+  dbName: string,
+  connection: string,
+  opts?: DatabaseOpts
+) {
+  const db = DatabaseWithConnectionNoDD(dbName, connection, opts)
+  return new DDInstrumentedDatabase(db, "couchdb")
 }
 
 export class DatabaseImpl implements Database {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/couchdb.ts b/packages/server/src/integrations/couchdb.ts
index b55468fd93..4d78ace0ec 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/couchdb.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/couchdb.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   QueryType,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import { db as dbCore } from "@budibase/backend-core"
+import { DatabaseWithConnectionNoDD } from "@budibase/backend-core/src/db"
 
 interface CouchDBConfig {
   url: string
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ class CouchDBIntegration implements IntegrationBase {
   private readonly client: dbCore.DatabaseImpl
 
   constructor(config: CouchDBConfig) {
-    this.client = dbCore.DatabaseWithConnection(config.database, config.url)
+    this.client = dbCore.DatabaseWithConnectionNoDD(config.database, config.url)
   }
 
   async testConnection() {