diff --git a/server/db/pg/driver.ts b/server/db/pg/driver.ts
index 86a0c0352..9f6901dda 100644
--- a/server/db/pg/driver.ts
+++ b/server/db/pg/driver.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ function createDb() {
 
 export const db = createDb();
 export default db;
-export const primaryDb = db.$primary;
+export const primaryDb = db.$primary as typeof db; // is this typeof a problem - techincally they are different types
 export type Transaction = Parameters<
     Parameters<(typeof db)["transaction"]>[0]
 >[0];
diff --git a/server/routers/siteResource/createSiteResource.ts b/server/routers/siteResource/createSiteResource.ts
index 1cf9c38d5..bc80e8b41 100644
--- a/server/routers/siteResource/createSiteResource.ts
+++ b/server/routers/siteResource/createSiteResource.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ import {
     SiteResource,
     siteResources,
     sites,
-    userSiteResources
+    userSiteResources,
+    primaryDb
 } from "@server/db";
 import { getUniqueSiteResourceName } from "@server/db/names";
 import {
@@ -519,12 +520,10 @@ export async function createSiteResource(
         // own transaction so it always executes on the primary — avoiding any
         // replica-lag issues while still allowing the HTTP response to return
         // early.
-        db.transaction(async (trx) => {
-            await rebuildClientAssociationsFromSiteResource(
-                newSiteResource!,
-                trx
-            );
-        }).catch((err) => {
+        rebuildClientAssociationsFromSiteResource(
+            newSiteResource!,
+            primaryDb
+        ).catch((err) => {
             logger.error(
                 `Error rebuilding client associations for site resource ${newSiteResource!.siteResourceId}:`,
                 err
diff --git a/server/routers/siteResource/deleteSiteResource.ts b/server/routers/siteResource/deleteSiteResource.ts
index 7dbb111ad..5a4eb1cc9 100644
--- a/server/routers/siteResource/deleteSiteResource.ts
+++ b/server/routers/siteResource/deleteSiteResource.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Request, Response, NextFunction } from "express";
 import { z } from "zod";
-import { db, newts, sites } from "@server/db";
+import { db, newts, primaryDb, sites } from "@server/db";
 import { siteResources } from "@server/db";
 import response from "@server/lib/response";
 import HttpCode from "@server/types/HttpCode";
@@ -73,12 +73,10 @@ export async function deleteSiteResource(
         // own transaction so it always executes on the primary — avoiding any
         // replica-lag issues while still allowing the HTTP response to return
         // early.
-        db.transaction(async (trx) => {
-            await rebuildClientAssociationsFromSiteResource(
-                removedSiteResource,
-                trx
-            );
-        }).catch((err) => {
+        rebuildClientAssociationsFromSiteResource(
+            removedSiteResource,
+            primaryDb
+        ).catch((err) => {
             logger.error(
                 `Error rebuilding client associations for site resource ${removedSiteResource!.siteResourceId}:`,
                 err