diff --git a/src/PostgREST/App.hs b/src/PostgREST/App.hs
index eb47231ffb4..bbc098d1d37 100644
--- a/src/PostgREST/App.hs
+++ b/src/PostgREST/App.hs
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ runDbHandler appState mode authenticated prepared handler = do
   liftEither resp
 
 handleRequest :: AuthResult -> AppConfig -> AppState.AppState -> Bool -> Bool -> ByteString -> PgVersion -> ApiRequest -> SchemaCache -> Handler IO Wai.Response
-handleRequest AuthResult{..} conf appState authenticated prepared jsonDbS pgVer apiReq@ApiRequest{..} sCache =
+handleRequest _ conf appState authenticated prepared _jsonDbS pgVer apiReq@ApiRequest{..} sCache =
   case (iAction, iTarget) of
     (ActionRead headersOnly, TargetIdent identifier) -> do
       rPlan <- liftEither $ Plan.readPlan identifier conf sCache apiReq
@@ -216,5 +216,6 @@ handleRequest AuthResult{..} conf appState authenticated prepared jsonDbS pgVer
   where
     runQuery mode query =
       runDbHandler appState mode authenticated prepared $ do
-        Query.setPgLocals conf authClaims authRole apiReq jsonDbS pgVer
+        Query.select1
+        -- Query.setPgLocals conf authClaims authRole apiReq jsonDbS pgVer
         query
diff --git a/src/PostgREST/Query.hs b/src/PostgREST/Query.hs
index 35fbddfce29..86fb1f36ff8 100644
--- a/src/PostgREST/Query.hs
+++ b/src/PostgREST/Query.hs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ module PostgREST.Query
   , readQuery
   , singleUpsertQuery
   , updateQuery
+  , select1
   , setPgLocals
   , DbHandler
   ) where
@@ -232,6 +233,9 @@ optionalRollback AppConfig{..} ApiRequest{..} = do
     shouldRollback =
       configDbTxAllowOverride && iPreferTransaction == Just Rollback
 
+select1 :: DbHandler ()
+select1 = lift $ SQL.sql "select 1"
+
 -- | Runs local(transaction scoped) GUCs for every request, plus the pre-request function
 setPgLocals :: AppConfig   -> KM.KeyMap JSON.Value -> Text ->
                ApiRequest  -> ByteString -> PgVersion -> DbHandler ()