diff --git a/application/db/session.py b/application/db/session.py
index 157284a4..8b195a0d 100644
--- a/application/db/session.py
+++ b/application/db/session.py
@@ -1,31 +1,42 @@
-from functools import lru_cache
+from sqlalchemy import create_engine
+from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker, Session
 from typing import Iterator
-
-from fastapi_utils.session import FastAPISessionMaker
-from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
-
-from application.settings import get_settings
 import logging
+from application.settings import get_settings
 
+# Set up logging
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-# this can be used in fast api path functions using Depends to inject a db session
-def get_session() -> Iterator[Session]:
+def _create_engine():
+    settings = get_settings()
+    engine = create_engine(
+        settings.READ_DATABASE_URL,
+        pool_size=settings.DB_POOL_SIZE,
+        max_overflow=settings.DB_POOL_MAX_OVERFLOW,
+    )
+
     logger.info(
-        f"Database engine created with pool_size={get_settings().DB_POOL_SIZE}, "
-        f"max_overflow={get_settings().DB_POOL_MAX_OVERFLOW}"
+        f"Engine created with pool_size={engine.pool.size()}, "
+        f"max_overflow={engine.pool._max_overflow}, "
     )
-    yield from _get_fastapi_sessionmaker().get_db()
 
+    return engine
+
+
+# Create session factory
+engine = _create_engine()
+SessionLocal = sessionmaker(autocommit=False, autoflush=False, bind=engine)
 
-# this can be used in non path functions to create a context manager for a db session
-# see https://github.com/dmontagu/fastapi-utils/blob/master/fastapi_utils/session.py#L77:L91
-def get_context_session() -> Iterator[Session]:
-    return _get_fastapi_sessionmaker().context_session()
+
+def get_session() -> Iterator[Session]:
+    db = SessionLocal()
+    try:
+        yield db
+    finally:
+        db.close()
 
 
-@lru_cache()
-def _get_fastapi_sessionmaker() -> FastAPISessionMaker:
-    database_uri = get_settings().READ_DATABASE_URL
-    return FastAPISessionMaker(database_uri)
+def get_context_session() -> Iterator[Session]:
+    with SessionLocal() as session:
+        yield session