diff --git a/LibreNMS/DB/Eloquent.php b/LibreNMS/DB/Eloquent.php
index 6513176cb8..1fa591466e 100644
--- a/LibreNMS/DB/Eloquent.php
+++ b/LibreNMS/DB/Eloquent.php
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class Eloquent
     /** @var Capsule static reference to capsule */
     private static $capsule;
 
-    public static function boot($options = [])
+    public static function boot()
     {
         // boot Eloquent outside of Laravel
         if (!Laravel::isBooted() && is_null(self::$capsule)) {
@@ -47,24 +47,6 @@ class Eloquent
             $db_config = include($install_dir . '/config/database.php');
             $settings = $db_config['connections'][$db_config['default']];
 
-            // legacy connection override
-            if (!empty($options)) {
-                $fields = [
-                    'host' => 'db_host',
-                    'port' => 'db_port',
-                    'database' => 'db_name',
-                    'username' => 'db_user',
-                    'password' => 'db_pass',
-                    'unix_socket' => 'db_socket',
-                ];
-
-                foreach ($fields as $new => $old) {
-                    if (isset($options[$old])) {
-                        $settings[$new] = $options[$old];
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
             self::$capsule = new Capsule;
             self::$capsule->addConnection($settings);
             self::$capsule->setEventDispatcher(new Dispatcher());
diff --git a/includes/dbFacile.php b/includes/dbFacile.php
index 1160187765..7e5262f323 100644
--- a/includes/dbFacile.php
+++ b/includes/dbFacile.php
@@ -52,11 +52,26 @@ function dbConnect($db_host = null, $db_user = '', $db_pass = '', $db_name = '',
     }
 
     try {
-        if (is_null($db_host) && empty($db_name)) {
-            Eloquent::boot();
-        } else {
-            Eloquent::boot(get_defined_vars());
+        if (!is_null($db_host) || !empty($db_name)) {
+            // legacy connection override
+            \Config::set('database.connections.setup', [
+                "driver" => "mysql",
+                "host" => $db_host,
+                "port" => $db_port,
+                "database" => $db_name,
+                "username" => $db_user,
+                "password" => $db_pass,
+                "unix_socket" => $db_socket,
+                "charset" => "utf8",
+                "collation" => "utf8_unicode_ci",
+                "prefix" => "",
+                "strict" => true,
+                "engine" => null
+            ]);
+            \Config::set('database.default', 'setup');
         }
+
+        Eloquent::boot();
     } catch (PDOException $e) {
         throw new DatabaseConnectException($e->getMessage(), $e->getCode(), $e);
     }