diff --git a/auth-service/go.mod b/auth-service/go.mod
index 45ebb40..eaace3c 100644
--- a/auth-service/go.mod
+++ b/auth-service/go.mod
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 module github.com/vcscsvcscs/GenerationsHeritage/auth-service
 
 go 1.22.2
+
+replace github.com/vcscsvcscs/GenerationsHeritage/utilities => ../utilities
+
+require github.com/vcscsvcscs/GenerationsHeritage/utilities v0.0.0-20240413231225-317fc9067e28 // indirect
diff --git a/backend/go.mod b/backend/go.mod
index 0bf577f..c56535f 100644
--- a/backend/go.mod
+++ b/backend/go.mod
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ go 1.22.2
 
 require (
 	github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.9.1
+	github.com/neo4j/neo4j-go-driver/v5 v5.19.0
 	github.com/vcscsvcscs/GenerationsHeritage/utilities v0.0.0-20240413225529-30321ba5d7e7
 )
 
@@ -23,7 +24,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
-	github.com/neo4j/neo4j-go-driver/v5 v5.19.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/twitchyliquid64/golang-asm v0.15.1 // indirect
 	github.com/ugorji/go/codec v1.2.12 // indirect
@@ -35,3 +35,5 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
+
+replace github.com/vcscsvcscs/GenerationsHeritage/utilities => ../utilities
diff --git a/backend/go.sum b/backend/go.sum
index c713462..c32e95a 100644
--- a/backend/go.sum
+++ b/backend/go.sum
@@ -68,8 +68,6 @@ github.com/twitchyliquid64/golang-asm v0.15.1 h1:SU5vSMR7hnwNxj24w34ZyCi/FmDZTkS
 github.com/twitchyliquid64/golang-asm v0.15.1/go.mod h1:a1lVb/DtPvCB8fslRZhAngC2+aY1QWCk3Cedj/Gdt08=
 github.com/ugorji/go/codec v1.2.12 h1:9LC83zGrHhuUA9l16C9AHXAqEV/2wBQ4nkvumAE65EE=
 github.com/ugorji/go/codec v1.2.12/go.mod h1:UNopzCgEMSXjBc6AOMqYvWC1ktqTAfzJZUZgYf6w6lg=
-github.com/vcscsvcscs/GenerationsHeritage/utilities v0.0.0-20240413225529-30321ba5d7e7 h1:6HOZdgsOt8KojDfNDOyHLwv+Chv90MECxMdP+cKKNv4=
-github.com/vcscsvcscs/GenerationsHeritage/utilities v0.0.0-20240413225529-30321ba5d7e7/go.mod h1:8byGXK+Csy5RCmHrvdMIzS8oVuvkr9Ech2PqLrad7os=
 golang.org/x/arch v0.0.0-20210923205945-b76863e36670/go.mod h1:5om86z9Hs0C8fWVUuoMHwpExlXzs5Tkyp9hOrfG7pp8=
 golang.org/x/arch v0.7.0 h1:pskyeJh/3AmoQ8CPE95vxHLqp1G1GfGNXTmcl9NEKTc=
 golang.org/x/arch v0.7.0/go.mod h1:FEVrYAQjsQXMVJ1nsMoVVXPZg6p2JE2mx8psSWTDQys=
diff --git a/backend/memgraph/init_database.go b/backend/memgraph/init_database.go
index 91df921..d03e645 100644
--- a/backend/memgraph/init_database.go
+++ b/backend/memgraph/init_database.go
@@ -2,21 +2,24 @@ package memgraph
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"log"
 
 	"github.com/neo4j/neo4j-go-driver/v5/neo4j"
 )
 
-func InitDatabase(dbUri, dbUser, dbPassword string) error {
+func InitDatabase(dbUri, dbUser, dbPassword string) neo4j.DriverWithContext {
 	driver, err := neo4j.NewDriverWithContext(dbUri, neo4j.BasicAuth(dbUser, dbPassword, ""))
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		log.Panicln(err)
 	}
+
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	defer driver.Close(ctx)
 
 	err = driver.VerifyConnectivity(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
+		log.Panicln(err)
 	}
 
+	return driver
 }