diff --git a/install/upgrades/airtime-1.9/airtime-upgrade.php b/install/upgrades/airtime-1.9/airtime-upgrade.php
index 52e15e003..1867a07e7 100644
--- a/install/upgrades/airtime-1.9/airtime-upgrade.php
+++ b/install/upgrades/airtime-1.9/airtime-upgrade.php
@@ -77,6 +77,21 @@ function updateAirtimeImportSymLink(){
     exec("ln -s $dir /usr/bin/airtime-import");
 }
 
+function connectToDatabase(){
+    global $CC_DBC, $CC_CONFIG;
+
+    $values = parse_ini_file('/etc/airtime/airtime.conf', true);
+
+    // Database config
+    $CC_CONFIG['dsn']['username'] = $values['database']['dbuser'];
+    $CC_CONFIG['dsn']['password'] = $values['database']['dbpass'];
+    $CC_CONFIG['dsn']['hostspec'] = $values['database']['host'];
+    $CC_CONFIG['dsn']['phptype'] = 'pgsql';
+    $CC_CONFIG['dsn']['database'] = $values['database']['dbname'];
+
+    $CC_DBC = DB::connect($CC_CONFIG['dsn'], FALSE);
+}
+
 /* In version 1.9.0 we have have switched from daemontools to more traditional
  * init.d daemon system. Let's remove all the daemontools files
  */
@@ -126,6 +141,7 @@ CopyUtils();
 removeOldAirtimeImport();
 updateAirtimeImportSymLink();
 
+connectToDatabase();
 
 if(AirtimeInstall::DbTableExists('doctrine_migration_versions') === false) {
     $migrations = array('20110312121200', '20110331111708', '20110402164819', '20110406182005');