diff --git a/app/controllers/widgets_controller.rb b/app/controllers/widgets_controller.rb
index 70e4c967b..ce5e55de4 100644
--- a/app/controllers/widgets_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/widgets_controller.rb
@@ -47,8 +47,10 @@ class WidgetsController < ActionController::Base
   def build_contact
     return if @contact.present?
 
-    @contact_inbox, @token = build_contact_inbox_with_token(@web_widget, additional_attributes)
-    @contact = @contact_inbox.contact
+    ActiveRecord::Base.connected_to(role: :writing) do
+      @contact_inbox, @token = build_contact_inbox_with_token(@web_widget, additional_attributes)
+      @contact = @contact_inbox.contact
+    end
   end
 
   def ensure_account_is_active
diff --git a/app/models/article.rb b/app/models/article.rb
index 77903aeb7..bd90f313f 100644
--- a/app/models/article.rb
+++ b/app/models/article.rb
@@ -114,8 +114,10 @@ class Article < ApplicationRecord
 
   def increment_view_count
     # rubocop:disable Rails/SkipsModelValidations
-    update_column(:views, views? ? views + 1 : 1)
-    # rubocop:enable Rails/SkipsModelValidations
+    ActiveRecord::Base.connected_to(role: :writing) do
+      update_column(:views, views? ? views + 1 : 1)
+      # rubocop:enable Rails/SkipsModelValidations
+    end
   end
 
   def self.update_positions(positions_hash)
diff --git a/config/environments/development.rb b/config/environments/development.rb
index 557000065..631c7bfad 100644
--- a/config/environments/development.rb
+++ b/config/environments/development.rb
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ Rails.application.configure do
   # require 'syslog/logger'
   config.logger = ActiveSupport::Logger.new(Rails.root.join('log', "#{Rails.env}.log"), 1, ENV.fetch('LOG_SIZE', '1024').to_i.megabytes)
 
+  config.active_record.database_selector = { delay: 2.seconds }
+  config.active_record.database_resolver = ActiveRecord::Middleware::DatabaseSelector::Resolver
+  config.active_record.database_resolver_context = ActiveRecord::Middleware::DatabaseSelector::Resolver::Session
+
   # Bullet configuration to fix the N+1 queries
   config.after_initialize do
     Bullet.enable = true