diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7ada9e9b..097c0300 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20241021214115-324edc3d5d38 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20241021214115-324edc3d5d38 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.67.1 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/grpc/stats/opentelemetry v0.0.0-20241024171400-f8e5d8f70418 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/grpc/stats/opentelemetry v0.0.0-20241025232817-cb329375b14e // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0724a3a0..7b3ba820 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -579,8 +579,8 @@ google.golang.org/grpc v1.27.0/go.mod h1:qbnxyOmOxrQa7FizSgH+ReBfzJrCY1pSN7KXBS8
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.33.2/go.mod h1:JMHMWHQWaTccqQQlmk3MJZS+GWXOdAesneDmEnv2fbc=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.67.1 h1:zWnc1Vrcno+lHZCOofnIMvycFcc0QRGIzm9dhnDX68E=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.67.1/go.mod h1:1gLDyUQU7CTLJI90u3nXZ9ekeghjeM7pTDZlqFNg2AA=
-google.golang.org/grpc/stats/opentelemetry v0.0.0-20241024171400-f8e5d8f70418 h1:SoNXeTZzADyshL0j7e1Qru2PX8gf5vK3ezd0Cu+meJg=
-google.golang.org/grpc/stats/opentelemetry v0.0.0-20241024171400-f8e5d8f70418/go.mod h1:jzYlkSMbKypzuu6xoAEijsNVo9ZeDF1u/zCfFgsx7jg=
+google.golang.org/grpc/stats/opentelemetry v0.0.0-20241025232817-cb329375b14e h1:SoMI+r+Qsp379U9BlVzrHtqAqYP3NEv9vNhYqUaAWOg=
+google.golang.org/grpc/stats/opentelemetry v0.0.0-20241025232817-cb329375b14e/go.mod h1:jzYlkSMbKypzuu6xoAEijsNVo9ZeDF1u/zCfFgsx7jg=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v0.0.0-20200109180630-ec00e32a8dfd/go.mod h1:DFci5gLYBciE7Vtevhsrf46CRTquxDuWsQurQQe4oz8=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v0.0.0-20200221191635-4d8936d0db64/go.mod h1:kwYJMbMJ01Woi6D6+Kah6886xMZcty6N08ah7+eCXa0=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v0.0.0-20200228230310-ab0ca4ff8a60/go.mod h1:cfTl7dwQJ+fmap5saPgwCLgHXTUD7jkjRqWcaiX5VyM=
diff --git a/kyc/linking/linking.go b/kyc/linking/linking.go
index 12ea488b..9c2fa457 100644
--- a/kyc/linking/linking.go
+++ b/kyc/linking/linking.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ func NewAccountLinker(ctx context.Context, host string) Linker {
 		log.Panic("kyc/linking: Must provide tenantURLs or host")
 	}
 	db := storage.MustConnect(ctx, ddl, applicationYamlKey)
+
 	return &linker{
 		globalDB: db,
 		cfg:      &cfg,