diff --git a/backend/danswer/db/engine.py b/backend/danswer/db/engine.py
index fbe8020dddca..5d4753e136a4 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/db/engine.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/db/engine.py
@@ -319,7 +319,9 @@ async def get_async_session_with_tenant(
             await session.execute(text(f'SET search_path = "{tenant_id}"'))
             if POSTGRES_IDLE_SESSIONS_TIMEOUT:
                 await session.execute(
-                    f"SET SESSION idle_in_transaction_session_timeout = {POSTGRES_IDLE_SESSIONS_TIMEOUT}"
+                    text(
+                        f"SET SESSION idle_in_transaction_session_timeout = {POSTGRES_IDLE_SESSIONS_TIMEOUT}"
+                    )
                 )
         except Exception:
             logger.exception("Error setting search_path.")
@@ -380,7 +382,9 @@ def get_session_with_tenant(
                 cursor.execute(f'SET search_path = "{tenant_id}"')
                 if POSTGRES_IDLE_SESSIONS_TIMEOUT:
                     cursor.execute(
-                        f"SET SESSION idle_in_transaction_session_timeout = {POSTGRES_IDLE_SESSIONS_TIMEOUT}"
+                        text(
+                            f"SET SESSION idle_in_transaction_session_timeout = {POSTGRES_IDLE_SESSIONS_TIMEOUT}"
+                        )
                     )
             finally:
                 cursor.close()