fixing things regarding bson error with node and such...now working?

packages/api/services/database.service.ts

@@ -6,25 +6,34 @@ import { loadConfig } from "../config";
 // Global Variables
 export const collections: {
   users?: mongoDB.Collection;
+  conversations?: mongoDB.Collection;
+  conversationMembers?: mongoDB.Collection;
+  audioClips?: mongoDB.Collection;
 } = {};
 
 // Initialize Connection
-export async function connectToDatabase() {
-  const config = loadConfig();
+const config = loadConfig();
 
-  const client: mongoDB.MongoClient = new mongoDB.MongoClient(
-    config.MONGO_CONNECTION_STRING
-  );
+export const client: mongoDB.MongoClient = new mongoDB.MongoClient(
+  config.MONGO_CONNECTION_STRING
+);
 
-  await client.connect();
+client.connect();
 
-  const db: mongoDB.Db = client.db(process.env.DB_NAME);
+const db: mongoDB.Db = client.db(process.env.DB_NAME);
 
-  const usersCollection: mongoDB.Collection = db.collection("users");
+const usersCollection: mongoDB.Collection = db.collection("users");
+const convoCollection: mongoDB.Collection = db.collection("conversations");
+const convoMembersCollection: mongoDB.Collection = db.collection(
+  "conversationMembers"
+);
+const audioClipsCollection: mongoDB.Collection = db.collection("audioClips");
 
-  collections.users = usersCollection;
+collections.users = usersCollection;
+collections.conversations = convoCollection;
+collections.conversationMembers = convoMembersCollection;
+collections.audioClips = audioClipsCollection;
 
-  console.log(
-    `Successfully connected to database: ${db.databaseName} and collections`
-  );
-}
+console.log(
+  `Successfully connected to database: ${db.databaseName} and collections`
+);