diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 737cee80d9..1303a2af85 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1776,6 +1776,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "my-workspace-hack",
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
+ "sqlx",
+ "tokio",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/crates/_types/enums/tests/list_available_api_tokens_for_user.rs b/crates/_types/enums/tests/list_available_api_tokens_for_user.rs
index 8d79dbae8d..1e8f7e2669 100644
--- a/crates/_types/enums/tests/list_available_api_tokens_for_user.rs
+++ b/crates/_types/enums/tests/list_available_api_tokens_for_user.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 use chrono::Utc;
 use sqlx::MySqlPool;
+use sqlx_core::any::AnyConnectionBackend;
+use sqlx_core::connection::Connection;
+
+use sqlx::{MySqlConnection, Executor};
 
 use errors::AnyhowResult;
 
diff --git a/crates/cli/production/db-backup/Cargo.toml b/crates/cli/production/db-backup/Cargo.toml
index 5ea4ee3d44..e78ee9b653 100644
--- a/crates/cli/production/db-backup/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/cli/production/db-backup/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,12 +16,15 @@ path = "src/main.rs"
 normal = ["my-workspace-hack"]
 
 [dependencies]
+# Workspace hack (faster compile times)
+my-workspace-hack = { version = "0.1", path = "../../../my-workspace-hack" }
+
 # Internal
 easyenv = { path = "../../../lib/easyenv" }
 errors = { path = "../../../lib/errors" }
 
-# Workspace hack (faster compile times)
-my-workspace-hack = { version = "0.1", path = "../../../my-workspace-hack" }
+sqlx = { version = "0.8.2", features = [ "mysql", "runtime-tokio", "tls-rustls", "chrono" ] }
+tokio = { version = "1.38.0", features = ["macros"] }
 
 # External
 anyhow = "1.0.86"
diff --git a/crates/cli/production/db-backup/src/main.rs b/crates/cli/production/db-backup/src/main.rs
index cff06bcbf6..e10f06ab53 100644
--- a/crates/cli/production/db-backup/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/production/db-backup/src/main.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,23 @@
 use log::info;
 
 use easyenv::init_all_with_default_logging;
+use sqlx::{MySqlConnection, Executor, Connection};
 use errors::AnyhowResult;
 
-fn main() -> AnyhowResult<()> {
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> AnyhowResult<()> {
     init_all_with_default_logging(None);
 
     info!("TODO...");
 
+    let url = "mysql://storyteller:password@localhost/storyteller";
+    let mut conn = MySqlConnection::connect(url).await.unwrap();
+
+    // This is the method the macros use. It's hidden in the docs because it's not considered part of the stable API.
+    let describe = conn.describe("SELECT internal_token FROM api_tokens").await.unwrap();
+
+    println!("describe output: {:?}", describe);
+    assert_eq!(1,2);
+
     Ok(())
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}