diff --git a/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/rdbms/jdbc/ConnectionManager.java b/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/rdbms/jdbc/ConnectionManager.java
index fa156837..ad43d46c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/rdbms/jdbc/ConnectionManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/rdbms/jdbc/ConnectionManager.java
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ public class ConnectionManager
       {
          case "aurora":
          {
-            // TODO AWS version not working and why ssl=false required?
-            // jdbcURL = "jdbc:mysql://" + backend.getHostName() + ":" + backend.getPort() + "/" + backend.getDatabaseName() + "?rewriteBatchedStatements=true&zeroDateTimeBehavior=convertToNull&useSSL=false";
-            jdbcURL = "jdbc:mysql:aws://" + backend.getHostName() + ":" + backend.getPort() + "/" + backend.getDatabaseName() + "?rewriteBatchedStatements=true&zeroDateTimeBehavior=CONVERT_TO_NULL";
+            // TODO aws-mysql-jdbc driver not working when running on AWS
+            // jdbcURL = "jdbc:mysql:aws://" + backend.getHostName() + ":" + backend.getPort() + "/" + backend.getDatabaseName() + "?rewriteBatchedStatements=true&zeroDateTimeBehavior=CONVERT_TO_NULL";
+            jdbcURL = "jdbc:mysql://" + backend.getHostName() + ":" + backend.getPort() + "/" + backend.getDatabaseName() + "?rewriteBatchedStatements=true&zeroDateTimeBehavior=convertToNull&useSSL=false";
             break;
          }
          case "mysql":