diff --git a/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosServer/CleanupService.cs b/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosServer/CleanupService.cs
index 6b71283..90358e3 100644
--- a/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosServer/CleanupService.cs
+++ b/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosServer/CleanupService.cs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ namespace MareSynchronosServer
             try
             {
                 using var scope = _services.CreateScope();
-                var dbContext = scope.ServiceProvider.GetService<MareDbContext>()!;
+                using var dbContext = scope.ServiceProvider.GetService<MareDbContext>()!;
 
                 var prevTime = DateTime.Now.Subtract(TimeSpan.FromDays(filesOlderThanDays));
 
diff --git a/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosServer/Discord/DiscordBot.cs b/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosServer/Discord/DiscordBot.cs
index f0bf51e..4a8b517 100644
--- a/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosServer/Discord/DiscordBot.cs
+++ b/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosServer/Discord/DiscordBot.cs
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ namespace MareSynchronosServer.Discord
 
                 var hashedLodestoneId = BitConverter.ToString(sha256.ComputeHash(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(lodestoneId.ToString()))).Replace("-", "");
 
-                var db = scope.ServiceProvider.GetService<MareDbContext>();
+                using var db = scope.ServiceProvider.GetService<MareDbContext>();
 
                 // check if discord id or lodestone id is banned
                 if (db.BannedRegistrations.Any(a => a.DiscordIdOrLodestoneAuth == arg.User.Id.ToString() || a.DiscordIdOrLodestoneAuth == hashedLodestoneId))
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ namespace MareSynchronosServer.Discord
         private void UpdateStatus(object state)
         {
             using var scope = services.CreateScope();
-            var db = scope.ServiceProvider.GetService<MareDbContext>();
+            using var db = scope.ServiceProvider.GetService<MareDbContext>();
 
             var users = db.Users.Count(c => c.CharacterIdentification != null);
 
diff --git a/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosServer/SystemInfoService.cs b/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosServer/SystemInfoService.cs
index 4e8f7e2..f8a06cf 100644
--- a/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosServer/SystemInfoService.cs
+++ b/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosServer/SystemInfoService.cs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public class SystemInfoService : IHostedService, IDisposable
         MareMetrics.AvailableIOWorkerThreads.Set(ioThreads);
 
         using var scope = _services.CreateScope();
-        var db = scope.ServiceProvider.GetService<MareDbContext>();
+        using var db = scope.ServiceProvider.GetService<MareDbContext>();
 
         var users = db.Users.Count(c => c.CharacterIdentification != null);