diff --git a/catalogue/PollDatabaseCmd.cpp b/catalogue/PollDatabaseCmd.cpp
index 4333fc20d6eaeecad15440bfe524756aa2bd3566..f9b36333ba9ad18db12fad9fb6c123ab0ed040bb 100644
--- a/catalogue/PollDatabaseCmd.cpp
+++ b/catalogue/PollDatabaseCmd.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "catalogue/PollDatabaseCmd.hpp"
 #include "catalogue/PollDatabaseCmdLineArgs.hpp"
 #include "rdbms/ConnFactoryFactory.hpp"
+#include "rdbms/ConnPool.hpp"
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
@@ -46,12 +47,14 @@ int PollDatabaseCmd::exceptionThrowingMain(const int argc, char *const *const ar
   const PollDatabaseCmdLineArgs cmdLineArgs(argc, argv);
   const auto dbLogin = rdbms::Login::parseFile(cmdLineArgs.dbConfigPath);
   auto factory = rdbms::ConnFactoryFactory::create(dbLogin); 
-  auto conn = factory->create();
+  const uint64_t nbConns = 1;
+  rdbms::ConnPool connPool(*factory, nbConns);
 
   uint32_t elapsedSeconds = 0;
   for(uint32_t i = 0; i < cmdLineArgs.numberOfSecondsToKeepPolling; i++) {
-    m_out << "Querying the database" << std::endl;
     try {
+      m_out << "Querying the database" << std::endl;
+      auto conn = connPool.getConn();
       conn->getTableNames();
     } catch(exception::Exception &ex) {
       m_out << "Database error: " << ex.getMessage().str() << std::endl;