diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d2ff29f..641cb0a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ port="5432"
 user="postgres"
 dbname="postgres"
 password="xxxxx" 
+sslmode="disable"
+pingCheck=true
 maxIdleConn = 2
 maxOpenConn = 2
 
diff --git a/kshieldconfig_example.toml b/kshieldconfig_example.toml
index beab5e9..9a60492 100644
--- a/kshieldconfig_example.toml
+++ b/kshieldconfig_example.toml
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 # port = "5432"
 # user = "postgres"
 # password = "password123"
+# sslmode = "disable"
+# pingCheck = true
 # dbname = "mydb"
 # maxIdleConn = 10
 # maxOpenConn = 100
diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index 9cf3182..74a9543 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ type MySQL struct {
 	Port     string `toml:"port"`
 	User     string `toml:"user"`
 	Password string `toml:"password"`
+	PingCheck	  bool `toml:"pingCheck"`
 	// DBName      string `toml:"dbname"`
 	// SSLmode     string `toml:"sslmode"`
 	MaxIdleConn int `toml:"maxIdleConn"`
diff --git a/pkg/mysqldb/connect.go b/pkg/mysqldb/connect.go
index 5aea3e2..1375007 100644
--- a/pkg/mysqldb/connect.go
+++ b/pkg/mysqldb/connect.go
@@ -28,10 +28,13 @@ func Open(conf config.MySQL) (*sql.DB, string, error) {
 			Msg("Failed to connect to database")
 		return nil, "", err
 	}
-	err = db.Ping()
-	if err != nil {
-		// fmt.Printf("Failed to connect to database. Error:	%s", err.Error())
-		return nil, "", err
+
+	if conf.PingCheck {
+		err = db.Ping()
+		if err != nil {
+			// fmt.Printf("Failed to connect to database. Error:	%s", err.Error())
+			return nil, "", err
+		}
 	}
 	if conf.MaxIdleConn > 0 {
 		db.SetMaxIdleConns(conf.MaxIdleConn)
diff --git a/pkg/postgresdb/connect.go b/pkg/postgresdb/connect.go
index 71f0a34..e402bec 100644
--- a/pkg/postgresdb/connect.go
+++ b/pkg/postgresdb/connect.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
 	"regexp"
+	"strings"
 
 	_ "github.com/lib/pq"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
@@ -15,7 +16,8 @@ type Postgres struct {
 	User     string `toml:"user"`
 	Password string `toml:"password"`
 	DBName   string `toml:"dbname"`
-	// SSLmode     string `toml:"sslmode"`
+	SSLmode     string `toml:"sslmode"`
+	PingCheck	  bool `toml:"pingCheck"`
 	MaxIdleConn int `toml:"maxIdleConn"`
 	MaxOpenConn int `toml:"maxOpenConn"`
 }
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ var re = regexp.MustCompile(`(?m)(?:host=)([^\s]+)`)
 
 func Open(conf Postgres) (*sql.DB, string, error) {
 	// "host=localhost port=5432 user=postgres password=postgres dbname=postgres sslmode=disable"
-	url := fmt.Sprintf("host=%s port=%s user=%s password=%s dbname=%s sslmode=disable", conf.Host, conf.Port, conf.User, conf.Password, conf.DBName)
+	url := fmt.Sprintf("host=%s port=%s user=%s password=%s dbname=%s sslmode=%s pingcheck=%t", conf.Host, conf.Port, conf.User, conf.Password, conf.DBName, conf.SSLmode, conf.PingCheck)
 
 	db, err := ConnectDatabaseUsingConnectionString(url)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -68,7 +70,11 @@ func Open(conf Postgres) (*sql.DB, string, error) {
 
 // ConnectDatabaseUsingConnectionString connects to a PostgreSQL database using the provided connection string.
 // It returns a database connection, the connection string, and an error if any.
+
 func ConnectDatabaseUsingConnectionString(url string) (*sql.DB, error) {
+	parts := strings.Split(url, "pingcheck=")
+	pingcheck := parts[1]
+	url = parts[0]
 	db, err := sql.Open("postgres", url)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error().
@@ -78,15 +84,18 @@ func ConnectDatabaseUsingConnectionString(url string) (*sql.DB, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	err = db.Ping()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Error().
-			Err(err).
-			Str("conn", url).
-			Msg("Failed to ping database")
-		db.Close()
-		return nil, err
+	if len(pingcheck) > 0 && pingcheck == "true" {
+		err = db.Ping()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Error().
+				Err(err).
+				Str("conn", url).
+				Msg("Failed to ping database")
+			db.Close()
+			return nil, err
+		}
 	}
 
+
 	return db, nil
 }