diff --git a/config/initializers/_mongo.rb b/config/initializers/_mongo.rb
index 485896d12..513988fe3 100644
--- a/config/initializers/_mongo.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/_mongo.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MongoMapper.connect ::Rails.env
 
 if defined?(PhusionPassenger)
    PhusionPassenger.on_event(:starting_worker_process) do |forked|
-     MongoMapper.connection.connect_to_master if forked
+     MongoMapper.connection.connect if forked
    end
 end