diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 38fd2ee..531d790 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ var initDb = function(callback) {
 };
 
 app.get('/', function (req, res) {
+  // try to initialize the db on every request if it's not already
+  // initialized.
+  if (!db) {
+    initDb(function(err){});
+  }
   if (db) {
     var col = db.collection('counts');
     // Create a document with request IP and current time of request
@@ -70,6 +75,11 @@ app.get('/', function (req, res) {
 });
 
 app.get('/pagecount', function (req, res) {
+  // try to initialize the db on every request if it's not already
+  // initialized.
+  if (!db) {
+    initDb(function(err){});
+  }
   if (db) {
     db.collection('counts').count(function(err, count ){
       res.send('{ pageCount: ' + count + '}');