diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 3f7dc57..442bd84 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ function PostgresDB(options) {
 
   this.closed = false;
 
-  this.pg_config = options;
+  this.pool = new pg.Pool(options);
 };
 module.exports = PostgresDB;
 
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ PostgresDB.prototype = Object.create(DB.prototype);
 
 PostgresDB.prototype.close = function(callback) {
   this.closed = true;
+  this.pool.end();
+  
   if (callback) callback();
 };
 
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ PostgresDB.prototype.commit = function(collection, id, op, snapshot, options, ca
    * }
    * snapshot: PostgresSnapshot
    */
-  pg.connect(this.pg_config, function(err, client, done) {
+  this.pool.connect(function(err, client, done) {
     if (err) {
       done(client);
       callback(err);
@@ -123,7 +125,7 @@ PostgresDB.prototype.commit = function(collection, id, op, snapshot, options, ca
 // snapshot). A snapshot with a version of zero is returned if the docuemnt
 // has never been created in the database.
 PostgresDB.prototype.getSnapshot = function(collection, id, fields, options, callback) {
-  pg.connect(this.pg_config, function(err, client, done) {
+  this.pool.connect(function(err, client, done) {
     if (err) {
       done(client);
       callback(err);
@@ -173,7 +175,7 @@ PostgresDB.prototype.getSnapshot = function(collection, id, fields, options, cal
 //
 // Callback should be called as callback(error, [list of ops]);
 PostgresDB.prototype.getOps = function(collection, id, from, to, options, callback) {
-  pg.connect(this.pg_config, function(err, client, done) {
+  this.pool.connect(function(err, client, done) {
     if (err) {
       done(client);
       callback(err);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3b1f446..bd89bc9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   "keywords": ["sharedb", "sharejs", "share", "postgres"],
   "repository": "share/sharedb-postgres",
   "dependencies": {
-    "pg": "^4.5.1",
+    "pg": "^7.4.1",
     "sharedb": "^1.0.0-beta.7"
   }
-}
+}
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