diff --git a/src/modules/data_connection.py b/src/modules/data_connection.py
index 3df89a4..6ec28d8 100644
--- a/src/modules/data_connection.py
+++ b/src/modules/data_connection.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def get_plays(session: Session) -> list[play_classes.Play]:
 
     assert len(list(filter(lambda x: x == None, played_boardgame_ids))) == 0, plays_from_db
     
-    get_multiple_boardgames(get_db_session(), played_boardgame_ids + played_expansion_ids)
+    get_multiple_boardgames(session, played_boardgame_ids + played_expansion_ids)
 
     return plays_from_db
 
diff --git a/src/modules/db_connection.py b/src/modules/db_connection.py
index 235e56a..dbb11f5 100644
--- a/src/modules/db_connection.py
+++ b/src/modules/db_connection.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from sqlmodel import create_engine, SQLModel, Session, select
 from src.config import definitions
 from typing import Union
+from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker, scoped_session
 
 from src.classes import boardgame_classes, play_classes
 
@@ -8,10 +9,15 @@ sqlite_url = definitions.SQLITE_URL
 
 
 connect_args = {"check_same_thread": False}
-engine = create_engine(sqlite_url, echo=True, connect_args=connect_args)
+engine = create_engine(sqlite_url, echo=False, connect_args=connect_args)
+
+db_session = scoped_session(sessionmaker(autocommit=False,
+                                         autoflush=True,
+                                         bind=engine,
+                                         class_=Session))
 
 def get_session():
-    with Session(engine) as session:
+    with db_session() as session:
         return session
 
 def add_boardgame(session: Session, boardgame: Union[