diff --git a/app/email_queue/resources/jobs/email_send.php b/app/email_queue/resources/jobs/email_send.php
index 937d13e255..c812d9bba4 100644
--- a/app/email_queue/resources/jobs/email_send.php
+++ b/app/email_queue/resources/jobs/email_send.php
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
 	$sql = "select * from v_email_queue ";
 	$sql .= "where email_queue_uuid = :email_queue_uuid ";
 	$parameters['email_queue_uuid'] = $email_queue_uuid;
-	$database = new database;
+	$database = new database();
 	$row = $database->select($sql, $parameters, 'row');
 	if (is_array($row)) {
 		$domain_uuid = $row["domain_uuid"];
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
 	unset($parameters);
 
 //get the email queue settings
-	$settings = new settings(["domain_uuid" => $domain_uuid]);
+	$settings = new settings(["database" => $database,"domain_uuid" => $domain_uuid]);
 
 //get the email settings
 	$retry_limit = $settings->get('email_queue', 'retry_limit');
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@
 	$sql .= "	where voicemail_message_uuid = :voicemail_message_uuid ";
 	$sql .= ") ";
 	$parameters['voicemail_message_uuid'] = $email_uuid;
-	$database = new database;
 	$row = $database->select($sql, $parameters, 'row');
 	if (is_array($row)) {
 		//$domain_uuid = $row["domain_uuid"];
@@ -189,7 +188,6 @@
 	$sql = "select * from v_email_queue_attachments ";
 	$sql .= "where email_queue_uuid = :email_queue_uuid ";
 	$parameters['email_queue_uuid'] = $email_queue_uuid;
-	$database = new database;
 	$email_queue_attachments = $database->select($sql, $parameters, 'all');
 	if (is_array($email_queue_attachments) && @sizeof($email_queue_attachments) != 0) {
 		foreach($email_queue_attachments as $i => $field) {
@@ -298,7 +296,6 @@
 		$parameters['message_transcription'] = $transcribe_message;
 		//echo $sql."\n";
 		//print_r($parameters);
-		$database = new database;
 		$database->execute($sql, $parameters);
 		unset($parameters);
 	}
@@ -369,7 +366,6 @@
 		$sql .= "update_date = now() ";
 		$sql .= "where email_queue_uuid = :email_queue_uuid; ";
 		$parameters['email_queue_uuid'] = $email_queue_uuid;
-		$database = new database;
 		$database->execute($sql, $parameters);
 		unset($parameters);
 
@@ -395,7 +391,6 @@
 			$parameters['voicemail_message_uuid'] = $email_uuid;
 			//echo $sql."\n";
 			//print_r($parameters);
-			$database = new database;
 			$database->execute($sql, $parameters);
 			unset($parameters);
 
@@ -403,7 +398,6 @@
 			$sql = "select domain_name from v_domains ";
 			$sql .= "where domain_uuid = :domain_uuid ";
 			$parameters['domain_uuid'] = $domain_uuid;
-			$database = new database;
 			$domain_name = $database->select($sql, $parameters, 'column');
 
 			//send the message waiting status
@@ -430,7 +424,6 @@
 			$p->add('email_queue_add', 'temp');
 			$p->add('email_queue_update', 'temp');
 		//execute insert
-			$database = new database;
 			$database->app_name = 'email_queue';
 			$database->app_uuid = '5befdf60-a242-445f-91b3-2e9ee3e0ddf7';
 			print_r($array);
@@ -462,7 +455,6 @@
 		$p->add('email_queue_add', 'temp');
 
 		//execute insert
-		$database = new database;
 		$database->app_name = 'email_queue';
 		$database->app_uuid = 'ba41954e-9d21-4b10-bbc2-fa5ceabeb184';
 		$database->save($array);
@@ -490,7 +482,6 @@
 		$parameters['email_queue_uuid'] = $email_queue_uuid;
 		$parameters['email_response'] = $email_settings."\n".$email_response;
 		$parameters['email_retry_count'] = $email_retry_count;
-		$database = new database;
 		$database->execute($sql, $parameters);
 		unset($parameters);
 
@@ -517,7 +508,6 @@
 					$p = new permissions;
 					$p->add('email_log_add', 'temp');
 				//execute insert
-					$database = new database;
 					$database->app_name = 'v_mailto';
 					$database->app_uuid = 'ba41954e-9d21-4b10-bbc2-fa5ceabeb184';
 					$database->save($array);