diff --git a/gossamer_forums.rb b/gossamer_forums.rb
index b14936f..20dd2d2 100644
--- a/gossamer_forums.rb
+++ b/gossamer_forums.rb
@@ -1075,13 +1075,17 @@ class GossamerForumsImporter < ImportScripts::Base
   # Get list of TOPICS / OP posts, i.e. post ids that have no parent / root id - SELECT post_id FROM gforum_Post WHERE post_root_id = 0;
   def threaded_topic_import
 
-    # Define the custom connection pool settings
-    custom_pool = ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::ConnectionPool.new(
-      ActiveRecord::Base.connection_pool.spec.to_h.merge(pool: 40, timeout: 5000)
+    # Update connection pool settings
+    ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(
+      ActiveRecord::Base.connection_db_config.configuration_hash.merge(pool: 40, timeout: 5000)
     )
-    
-    # Register the custom connection pool under a unique identifier
-    ActiveRecord::Base.connection_handler.connection_pools['CustomPool'] = custom_pool
+
+###    # Define the custom connection pool settings
+###    custom_pool = ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::ConnectionPool.new(
+###      ActiveRecord::Base.connection_pool.spec.to_h.merge(pool: 40, timeout: 5000)
+###    )
+###    # Register the custom connection pool under a unique identifier
+###    ActiveRecord::Base.connection_handler.connection_pools['CustomPool'] = custom_pool
 
     # Use CachedThreadPool for dynamic thread management
 ####    pool = Concurrent::CachedThreadPool.new
@@ -1181,7 +1185,8 @@ class GossamerForumsImporter < ImportScripts::Base
 
               # Use connection pooling for PostgreSQL and synchronize access to shared resources
               # ActiveRecord::Base.connection_pool.with_connection do
-              ActiveRecord::Base.connected_to(pool: 'CustomPool') do
+              # ActiveRecord::Base.connected_to(pool: 'CustomPool') do
+              ActiveRecord::Base.connected_to do
                 post_status = fetch_post_status(post_id)
                 if post_status.nil? || post_status == 0
                   puts "Starting import for post_id #{post_id}"
@@ -1322,14 +1327,11 @@ class GossamerForumsImporter < ImportScripts::Base
     unless TopicCustomField.exists?(name: 'original_gossamer_id', value: row['post_id'])
       puts "TIJ EE post_id #{post_id}"
       # ActiveRecord::Base.transaction do
-##      ActiveRecord::Base.connected_to(pool: 'CustomPool') do
-##        ActiveRecord::Base.transaction do
         # Create the new topic in Discourse
         begin
           suffix = 1
           topic_created = false
     
-     ActiveRecord::Base.connected_to(pool: 'CustomPool') do
      ActiveRecord::Base.transaction do
           while !topic_created
             begin
@@ -1359,7 +1361,6 @@ class GossamerForumsImporter < ImportScripts::Base
               # puts e.backtrace.join("\n")  # Print the full stack trace
             end
           end
-     end
      end
 
           # Workaround... take a copy of topic.id 
@@ -1388,7 +1389,6 @@ class GossamerForumsImporter < ImportScripts::Base
 
           puts "TIJ GG post_id #{post_id}"
  
-     ActiveRecord::Base.connected_to(pool: 'CustomPool') do
      ActiveRecord::Base.transaction do
             # Create the initial post in the new topic
             post = Post.create!(
@@ -1402,7 +1402,6 @@ class GossamerForumsImporter < ImportScripts::Base
             )
             post.custom_fields['original_gossamer_id'] = row['post_id']
             post.save!
-     end
      end
     
           sqlite_mutex.synchronize do
@@ -1413,11 +1412,9 @@ class GossamerForumsImporter < ImportScripts::Base
   
           puts "TIJ HH post_id #{post_id}"
 
-     ActiveRecord::Base.connected_to(pool: 'CustomPool') do
      ActiveRecord::Base.transaction do
           # Handle any attachments associated with the post
           handle_post_attachments(row['post_id'], post, discourse_user_id, mysql_client)
-     end
      end
     
           # Create URL mappings for the new topic
@@ -1467,7 +1464,6 @@ class GossamerForumsImporter < ImportScripts::Base
               end
               puts "TIJ JJ post_id #{post_id}  reply post_id #{reply_row['post_id']}  reply_post_views #{reply_post_views || 0}  post_number #{post_number}  current_topic_id #{current_topic_id}  reply_post_views #{reply_post_views || 0}"
                 
-     ActiveRecord::Base.connected_to(pool: 'CustomPool') do
      ActiveRecord::Base.transaction do
               # Create the reply post in the existing topic
               post = Post.create!(
@@ -1481,7 +1477,6 @@ class GossamerForumsImporter < ImportScripts::Base
               )
               post.custom_fields['original_gossamer_id'] = reply_row['post_id']
               post.save!
-     end
      end
 
               puts "TIJ KK post_id #{post_id}"
@@ -1499,12 +1494,10 @@ class GossamerForumsImporter < ImportScripts::Base
                 end
               end
     
-     ActiveRecord::Base.connected_to(pool: 'CustomPool') do
      ActiveRecord::Base.transaction do
               # Handle any attachments associated with the reply
               handle_post_attachments(reply_row['post_id'], post, reply_user_id, mysql_client)
      end
-     end
     
 #             # Update the highest processed post_id in the database (thread-safe)
 #             update_highest_processed_post_id_thread_safe(reply_row['post_id'])
@@ -1523,7 +1516,6 @@ class GossamerForumsImporter < ImportScripts::Base
           puts "Error importing topic with post_id #{row['post_id']}: #{e.message}"
           raise ActiveRecord::Rollback
         end
-#      end
 #      end
     else
       puts "Topic for post_id #{row['post_id']} already exists, skipping creation."