diff --git a/app/controllers/api/projects.php b/app/controllers/api/projects.php
index b6f1877ea8..b29bd227aa 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/projects.php
+++ b/app/controllers/api/projects.php
@@ -146,13 +146,6 @@ App::post('/v1/projects')
             });
         }
 
-        var_dump([
-                'location' => 'projects.php',
-                '_APP_REGION' => System::getEnv('_APP_REGION'),
-                'databases' => $databases
-            ]
-        );
-
         $databaseOverride = System::getEnv('_APP_DATABASE_OVERRIDE');
         $index = \array_search($databaseOverride, $databases);
         if ($index !== false) {
@@ -220,17 +213,17 @@ App::post('/v1/projects')
             $dsn = new DSN('mysql://' . $dsn);
         }
 
-        $adapter = $pools->get($dsn->getHost())->pop()->getResource();
-        $dbForProject = new Database($adapter, $cache);
         $sharedTables = \explode(',', System::getEnv('_APP_DATABASE_SHARED_TABLES', ''));
         $sharedTablesV1 = \explode(',', System::getEnv('_APP_DATABASE_SHARED_TABLES_V1', ''));
-
         $projectTables = !\in_array($dsn->getHost(), $sharedTables);
         $sharedTablesV1 = \in_array($dsn->getHost(), $sharedTablesV1);
         $sharedTablesV2 = !$projectTables && !$sharedTablesV1;
         $sharedTables = $sharedTablesV1 || $sharedTablesV2;
 
         if (!$sharedTablesV2) {
+            $adapter = $pools->get($dsn->getHost())->pop()->getResource();
+            $dbForProject = new Database($adapter, $cache);
+
             if ($sharedTables) {
                 $dbForProject
                     ->setSharedTables(true)