diff --git a/src/dispatch/config.py b/src/dispatch/config.py
index 78671c06287b..4d5b5eb7674b 100644
--- a/src/dispatch/config.py
+++ b/src/dispatch/config.py
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@ def __str__(self) -> str:
 DATABASE_PORT = config("DATABASE_PORT", default="5432")
 DATABASE_ENGINE_POOL_SIZE = config("DATABASE_ENGINE_POOL_SIZE", cast=int, default=20)
 DATABASE_ENGINE_MAX_OVERFLOW = config("DATABASE_ENGINE_MAX_OVERFLOW", cast=int, default=0)
+# Deal with DB disconnects
+# https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/20/core/pooling.html#pool-disconnects
+DATABASE_ENGINE_POOL_PING = config("DATABASE_ENGINE_POOL_PING", default=False)
 SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = f"postgresql+psycopg2://{_DATABASE_CREDENTIAL_USER}:{_QUOTED_DATABASE_PASSWORD}@{DATABASE_HOSTNAME}:{DATABASE_PORT}/{DATABASE_NAME}"
 
 ALEMBIC_CORE_REVISION_PATH = config(
diff --git a/src/dispatch/database/core.py b/src/dispatch/database/core.py
index f12fe2cb74de..4410aa2ed789 100644
--- a/src/dispatch/database/core.py
+++ b/src/dispatch/database/core.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     config.SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI,
     pool_size=config.DATABASE_ENGINE_POOL_SIZE,
     max_overflow=config.DATABASE_ENGINE_MAX_OVERFLOW,
+    pool_pre_ping=config.DATABASE_ENGINE_POOL_PING,
 )