diff --git a/internal/mysql/node.go b/internal/mysql/node.go
index 3149276..e74c8cd 100644
--- a/internal/mysql/node.go
+++ b/internal/mysql/node.go
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
@@ -35,6 +37,9 @@ type Node struct {
 	version *Version
 	host    string
 	uuid    uuid.UUID
+
+	done atomic.Uint32
+	mu   sync.Mutex
 }
 
 var (
@@ -50,30 +55,49 @@ const (
 
 // NewNode returns new Node
 func NewNode(config *config.Config, logger *log.Logger, host string) (*Node, error) {
-	addr := util.JoinHostPort(host, config.MySQL.Port)
-	dsn := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s@tcp(%s)/mysql?autocommit=1", config.MySQL.User, config.MySQL.Password, addr)
-	if config.MySQL.SslCA != "" {
-		dsn += "&tls=custom"
-	}
-	db, err := sqlx.Open("mysql", dsn)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	// Unsafe option allow us to use queries containing fields missing in structs
-	// eg. when we running "SHOW SLAVE STATUS", but need only few columns
-	db = db.Unsafe()
-	db.SetMaxIdleConns(1)
-	db.SetMaxOpenConns(3)
-	db.SetConnMaxLifetime(3 * config.TickInterval)
 	return &Node{
 		config:  config,
 		logger:  logger,
-		db:      db,
+		db:      nil,
 		host:    host,
 		version: nil,
+
+		done: atomic.Uint32{},
+		mu:   sync.Mutex{},
 	}, nil
 }
 
+// Lazy initialization of db connection
+func (n *Node) GetDB() (*sqlx.DB, error) {
+	n.mu.Lock()
+	defer n.mu.Unlock()
+	var err error
+
+	// First initialization
+	if n.done.Load() == 0 {
+		defer n.done.Store(1)
+		addr := util.JoinHostPort(n.host, n.config.MySQL.Port)
+		dsn := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s@tcp(%s)/mysql?autocommit=1", n.config.MySQL.User, n.config.MySQL.Password, addr)
+		if n.config.MySQL.SslCA != "" {
+			dsn += "&tls=custom"
+		}
+		n.db, err = sqlx.Open("mysql", dsn)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		// Unsafe option allow us to use queries containing fields missing in structs
+		// eg. when we running "SHOW SLAVE STATUS", but need only few columns
+		n.db = n.db.Unsafe()
+		n.db.SetMaxIdleConns(1)
+		n.db.SetMaxOpenConns(3)
+		n.db.SetConnMaxLifetime(3 * n.config.TickInterval)
+	}
+
+	// Return old value
+	return n.db, nil
+}
+
 // RegisterTLSConfig loads and register CA file for TLS encryption
 func RegisterTLSConfig(config *config.Config) error {
 	if config.MySQL.SslCA != "" {
@@ -107,7 +131,13 @@ func (n *Node) String() string {
 
 // Close closes underlying SQL connection
 func (n *Node) Close() error {
-	return n.db.Close()
+	n.mu.Lock()
+	defer n.mu.Unlock()
+	if n.done.Load() != 0 {
+		return n.db.Close()
+	} else {
+		return nil
+	}
 }
 
 func (n *Node) getCommand(name string) string {
@@ -185,7 +215,11 @@ func (n *Node) queryRowWithTimeout(queryName string, arg interface{}, result int
 	query := n.getQuery(queryName)
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), timeout)
 	defer cancel()
-	rows, err := n.db.NamedQueryContext(ctx, query, arg)
+	db, err := n.GetDB()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	rows, err := db.NamedQueryContext(ctx, query, arg)
 	if err == nil {
 		defer func() { _ = rows.Close() }()
 		if rows.Next() {
@@ -228,7 +262,11 @@ func (n *Node) processQuery(queryName string, arg interface{}, rowsProcessor fun
 	defer cancel()
 
 	query := n.getQuery(queryName)
-	rows, err := n.db.NamedQueryContext(ctx, query, arg)
+	db, err := n.GetDB()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	rows, err := db.NamedQueryContext(ctx, query, arg)
 	n.traceQuery(query, arg, rows, err)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -249,12 +287,15 @@ func (n *Node) execWithTimeout(queryName string, arg map[string]interface{}, tim
 	defer cancel()
 	// avoid connection leak on long lock timeouts
 	lockTimeout := int64(math.Floor(0.8 * float64(timeout/time.Second)))
-	if _, err := n.db.ExecContext(ctx, n.getQuery(querySetLockTimeout), lockTimeout); err != nil {
+	db, err := n.GetDB()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if _, err := db.ExecContext(ctx, n.getQuery(querySetLockTimeout), lockTimeout); err != nil {
 		n.traceQuery(query, arg, nil, err)
 		return err
 	}
-
-	_, err := n.db.NamedExecContext(ctx, query, arg)
+	_, err = db.NamedExecContext(ctx, query, arg)
 	n.traceQuery(query, arg, nil, err)
 	return err
 }
@@ -275,7 +316,11 @@ func (n *Node) getRunningQueryIDs(excludeUsers []string, timeout time.Duration)
 		n.traceQuery(bquery, args, nil, err)
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	rows, err := n.db.QueryxContext(ctx, bquery, args...)
+	db, err := n.GetDB()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	rows, err := db.QueryxContext(ctx, bquery, args...)
 	if err != nil {
 		n.traceQuery(bquery, args, nil, err)
 		return nil, err
@@ -334,7 +379,11 @@ func (n *Node) execMogrifyWithTimeout(queryName string, arg map[string]interface
 	query = Mogrify(query, arg)
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), timeout)
 	defer cancel()
-	_, err := n.db.ExecContext(ctx, query)
+	db, err := n.GetDB()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	_, err = db.ExecContext(ctx, query)
 	n.traceQuery(query, nil, nil, err)
 	return err
 }
@@ -348,7 +397,11 @@ func (n *Node) queryRowMogrifyWithTimeout(queryName string, arg map[string]inter
 	query = Mogrify(query, arg)
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), timeout)
 	defer cancel()
-	rows, err := n.db.NamedQueryContext(ctx, query, arg)
+	db, err := n.GetDB()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	rows, err := db.NamedQueryContext(ctx, query, arg)
 	if err == nil {
 		defer func() { _ = rows.Close() }()
 		if rows.Next() {