diff --git a/server/mongoose.js b/server/mongoose.js
index dcd361cc2..3b94fc1a2 100644
--- a/server/mongoose.js
+++ b/server/mongoose.js
@@ -10,4 +10,8 @@ if (enabled('talk:db')) {
   mongoose.set('debug', true);
 }
 
+mongoose.connection.on('error', (err) => {
+  throw err;
+});
+
 module.exports = mongoose;
diff --git a/server/routes/index.js b/server/routes/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index cf923e5dd..000000000
--- a/server/routes/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-const express = require('express');
-
-const router = express.Router();
-
-router.use('/api', require('./api'));
-
-module.exports = router;