diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-mgr/SqlMgr.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-mgr/SqlMgr.ts
index 884c98ac74..eb51c6d135 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-mgr/SqlMgr.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-mgr/SqlMgr.ts
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ export default class SqlMgr {
           this.currentProjectConnections[connectionKey] =
             SqlClientFactory.create({
               ...connectionConfig,
-              knex: NcConnectionMgr.get({
+              knex: await NcConnectionMgr.get({
                 dbAlias: this.currentProjectJson.envs[env].db[i].meta.dbAlias,
                 env: env,
                 config: args,
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/utils/common/BaseApiBuilder.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/utils/common/BaseApiBuilder.ts
index 179262edee..3bf21e7848 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/utils/common/BaseApiBuilder.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/utils/common/BaseApiBuilder.ts
@@ -1291,8 +1291,8 @@ export default abstract class BaseApiBuilder<T extends Noco>
     this.models[viewName] = this.getBaseModel(newMeta);
   }
 
-  public getDbDriver(): XKnex {
-    this.initDbDriver();
+  public async getDbDriver(): Promise<XKnex> {
+    await this.initDbDriver();
     return this.dbDriver;
   }
 
@@ -1669,8 +1669,8 @@ export default abstract class BaseApiBuilder<T extends Noco>
     await this.cronJob.init();
   }
 
-  protected initDbDriver(): void {
-    this.dbDriver = NcConnectionMgr.get({
+  protected async initDbDriver(): Promise<void> {
+    this.dbDriver = await NcConnectionMgr.get({
       dbAlias: this.dbAlias,
       env: this.config.env,
       config: this.config,
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/utils/common/NcConnectionMgr.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/utils/common/NcConnectionMgr.ts
index a1c98e23ca..c111db6b24 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/utils/common/NcConnectionMgr.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/utils/common/NcConnectionMgr.ts
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@ import SqlClientFactory from '../../db/sql-client/lib/SqlClientFactory';
 import { XKnex } from '../../db/sql-data-mapper';
 import { NcConfig } from '../../../interface/config';
 import fs from 'fs';
+import { promisify } from 'util';
 import { Knex } from 'knex';
 
 import NcMetaIO from '../../meta/NcMetaIO';
 import { defaultConnectionConfig } from '../NcConfigFactory';
 
+const readFileAsync = promisify(fs.readFile);
+
 export default class NcConnectionMgr {
   private static connectionRefs: {
     [projectId: string]: {
@@ -43,7 +46,7 @@ export default class NcConnectionMgr {
     }
   }
 
-  public static get({
+  public static async get({
     dbAlias = 'db',
     env = '_noco',
     config,
@@ -53,7 +56,7 @@ export default class NcConnectionMgr {
     env: string;
     config: NcConfig;
     projectId: string;
-  }): XKnex {
+  }): Promise<XKnex> {
     if (this.connectionRefs?.[projectId]?.[env]?.[dbAlias]) {
       return this.connectionRefs?.[projectId]?.[env]?.[dbAlias];
     }
@@ -73,25 +76,25 @@ export default class NcConnectionMgr {
           connectionConfig.connection.ssl.caFilePath &&
           !connectionConfig.connection.ssl.ca
         ) {
-          connectionConfig.connection.ssl.ca = fs
-            .readFileSync(connectionConfig.connection.ssl.caFilePath)
-            .toString();
+          connectionConfig.connection.ssl.ca = await readFileAsync(
+            connectionConfig.connection.ssl.caFilePath
+          ).toString();
         }
         if (
           connectionConfig.connection.ssl.keyFilePath &&
           !connectionConfig.connection.ssl.key
         ) {
-          connectionConfig.connection.ssl.key = fs
-            .readFileSync(connectionConfig.connection.ssl.keyFilePath)
-            .toString();
+          connectionConfig.connection.ssl.key = await readFileAsync(
+            connectionConfig.connection.ssl.keyFilePath
+          ).toString();
         }
         if (
           connectionConfig.connection.ssl.certFilePath &&
           !connectionConfig.connection.ssl.cert
         ) {
-          connectionConfig.connection.ssl.cert = fs
-            .readFileSync(connectionConfig.connection.ssl.certFilePath)
-            .toString();
+          connectionConfig.connection.ssl.cert = await readFileAsync(
+            connectionConfig.connection.ssl.certFilePath
+          ).toString();
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/utils/common/XcProcedure.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/utils/common/XcProcedure.ts
index b8b3404432..21a38ef9cb 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/utils/common/XcProcedure.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/utils/common/XcProcedure.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ export default class XcProcedure {
   public async callFunction(name: string, args: any[]) {
     try {
       if (this.builder.getDbType() === 'mssql') {
-        const result = await this.builder
-          .getDbDriver()
+        const result = await (await this.builder
+          .getDbDriver())
           .raw(
             `select dbo.??(${new Array(args.length)
               .fill('?')
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ export default class XcProcedure {
           );
         return result[0];
       } else {
-        const result = await this.builder
-          .getDbDriver()
+        const result = await (await this.builder
+          .getDbDriver())
           .raw(
             `select ??(${new Array(args.length).fill('?').join(',')}) as ??`,
             [name, ...args, name]
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export default class XcProcedure {
       ) {
         const knexRef = args.reduce(
           (knex, val, i) => knex.raw(`SET @var${i}=?`, [val]),
-          this.builder.getDbDriver().schema
+          (await this.builder.getDbDriver()).schema
         );
         const count = args.length;
         const result = await knexRef.raw(
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ export default class XcProcedure {
         );
         return [result[count][0][0]];
       } else if (this.builder.getDbType() === 'pg') {
-        const result = await this.builder
-          .getDbDriver()
+        const result = await (await this.builder
+          .getDbDriver())
           .raw(`Call ??(${new Array(args.length).fill('?').join(',')})`, [
             name,
             ...args,
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/v1-legacy/gql/GqlApiBuilder.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/v1-legacy/gql/GqlApiBuilder.ts
index de35b77c05..2d0c0894da 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/v1-legacy/gql/GqlApiBuilder.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/v1-legacy/gql/GqlApiBuilder.ts
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ export class GqlApiBuilder extends BaseApiBuilder<Noco> implements XcMetaMgr {
 
     const t = process.hrtime();
 
-    this.initDbDriver();
+    await this.initDbDriver();
 
     // todo: change condition
     if (this.connectionConfig.meta.reset) {
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/v1-legacy/rest/RestApiBuilder.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/v1-legacy/rest/RestApiBuilder.ts
index d38169caa1..8ebd95f37f 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/v1-legacy/rest/RestApiBuilder.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/v1-legacy/rest/RestApiBuilder.ts
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export class RestApiBuilder extends BaseApiBuilder<Noco> {
     this.log('loadRoutes');
     const t = process.hrtime();
 
-    this.initDbDriver();
+    await this.initDbDriver();
 
     // todo: change condition
     if (this.connectionConfig.meta.reset) {