diff --git a/includes/database.mysql.inc b/includes/database.mysql.inc
index 6b6a163994057360cc735c86029807e09ea012d4..20edf814a5e9bf53589918319cd8f65329863dfe 100644
--- a/includes/database.mysql.inc
+++ b/includes/database.mysql.inc
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ function db_connect($url) {
      $url['host'] = $url['host'] .':'. $url['port'];
   }
 
-  $connection = mysql_connect($url['host'], $url['user'], $url['pass']) or die(mysql_error());
+  $connection = mysql_connect($url['host'], $url['user'], $url['pass'], TRUE) or die(mysql_error());
   mysql_select_db(substr($url['path'], 1)) or die('unable to select database');
 
   return $connection;