diff --git a/modules/Vtiger/CRMEntity.php b/modules/Vtiger/CRMEntity.php
index 78fe1b62e32648eb4aa4da2eb4407a39496a7bb0..f6e02223f8f2b5b3c7b803489221bda1e2e5f3ce 100644
--- a/modules/Vtiger/CRMEntity.php
+++ b/modules/Vtiger/CRMEntity.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class Vtiger_CRMEntity extends CRMEntity {
 	function __construct() {
 		global $log;
 		$this->column_fields = getColumnFields(get_class($this));
-		$this->db = new PearDatabase();
+		$this->db = PearDatabase::getInstance();
 		$this->log = $log;
 	}