diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8fe7ef338..6751c9808 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Fix the frontend rendering issue related to choices when it is set to /describe_tables.
 - Fix the error when using batch apply with dataset.
 - Fix the bug of mismatched data types in the diff within the update mechanism.
+- Fix a small bug in sqlachmey reconnect
 
 ## [0.4.0](https://github.com/superduper-io/superduper/compare/0.4.0...0.3.0])    (2024-Nov-02)
 
diff --git a/plugins/sqlalchemy/superduper_sqlalchemy/metadata.py b/plugins/sqlalchemy/superduper_sqlalchemy/metadata.py
index 1a641dee2..3e71ac971 100644
--- a/plugins/sqlalchemy/superduper_sqlalchemy/metadata.py
+++ b/plugins/sqlalchemy/superduper_sqlalchemy/metadata.py
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ def commit(self):
 
     def reconnect(self):
         """Reconnect to sqlalchmey metadatastore."""
-        sql_conn = create_engine(self.uri)
+        sql_conn, name = self.connection_callback()
         self.conn = sql_conn
 
         # TODO: is it required to init after