diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index d502baa6d..7704e7375 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -389,15 +389,32 @@ def setup_sqlalchemy_events(app):
 
         @event.listens_for(db.engine, "connect")
         def connect(dbapi_connection, connection_record):
+            if dbapi_connection is None or connection_record is None:
+                current_app.logger.warning(
+                    f"Something wrong with sqalalchemy \
+                        dbapi_connection {dbapi_connection} connection_record {connection_record}"
+                )
             pass
 
         @event.listens_for(db.engine, "close")
         def close(dbapi_connection, connection_record):
+
+            if dbapi_connection is None or connection_record is None:
+                current_app.logger.warning(
+                    f"Something wrong with sqalalchemy \
+                        dbapi_connection {dbapi_connection} connection_record {connection_record}"
+                )
             pass
 
         @event.listens_for(db.engine, "checkout")
         def checkout(dbapi_connection, connection_record, connection_proxy):
 
+            if dbapi_connection is None or connection_proxy is None:
+                current_app.logger.warning(
+                    f"Something wrong with sqalalchemy \
+                        dbapi_connection {dbapi_connection} connection_record {connection_proxy}"
+                )
+
             try:
                 # this will overwrite any previous checkout_at timestamp
                 connection_record.info["checkout_at"] = time.monotonic()
@@ -439,6 +456,12 @@ def setup_sqlalchemy_events(app):
 
         @event.listens_for(db.engine, "checkin")
         def checkin(dbapi_connection, connection_record):
+
+            if dbapi_connection is None or connection_record is None:
+                current_app.logger.warning(
+                    f"Something wrong with sqalalchemy \
+                        dbapi_connection {dbapi_connection} connection_record {connection_record}"
+                )
             pass