diff --git a/mpc_demo_infra/computation_party_server/database.py b/mpc_demo_infra/computation_party_server/database.py
index 0b701d1..0ce820d 100644
--- a/mpc_demo_infra/computation_party_server/database.py
+++ b/mpc_demo_infra/computation_party_server/database.py
@@ -9,12 +9,11 @@
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-def get_database_url():
-  return f"sqlite:///./party_{settings.party_id}.db" if settings.database_url is None else settings.database_url
+database_url = f"sqlite:///./party_{settings.party_id}.db" if settings.database_url is None else settings.database_url
 
 engine = create_engine(
-    get_database_url(),
-    connect_args={"check_same_thread": False} if "sqlite" in settings.database_url else {},
+    database_url,
+    connect_args={"check_same_thread": False} if "sqlite" in database_url else {},
     future=True,
 )
 SessionLocal = sessionmaker(autocommit=False, autoflush=True, bind=engine)
diff --git a/start-all-servers.sh b/start-all-servers.sh
index 21ba7c1..2aacf26 100755
--- a/start-all-servers.sh
+++ b/start-all-servers.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 set -e 
 
+./shutdown-all-servers.sh
+
 if [ -d "venv" ]; then
   source venv/bin/activate
 fi