diff --git a/releases/unreleased/missing-parameters-for-sortinghat.yml b/releases/unreleased/missing-parameters-for-sortinghat.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..14f574bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/unreleased/missing-parameters-for-sortinghat.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+title: Missing database parameters for SortingHat
+category: fixed
+author: null
+issue: null
+notes: >
+  SortingHat database parameters were not included during the initialization of
+  the enrich backend.
diff --git a/sirmordred/task.py b/sirmordred/task.py
index 9522884a..884a74e9 100644
--- a/sirmordred/task.py
+++ b/sirmordred/task.py
@@ -188,7 +188,9 @@ def _get_enrich_backend(self):
             json_projects_map = self.conf['projects']['projects_file']
 
         enrich_backend = connector[2](self.db_sh, json_projects_map,
-                                      self.db_user, self.db_password, self.db_host)
+                                      self.db_user, self.db_password, self.db_host,
+                                      self.db_path, self.db_port, self.db_ssl, self.db_verify_ssl,
+                                      self.db_tenant)
         elastic_enrich = get_elastic(self.conf['es_enrichment']['url'],
                                      self.conf[self.backend_section]['enriched_index'],
                                      clean, enrich_backend)
diff --git a/sirmordred/task_enrich.py b/sirmordred/task_enrich.py
index ea510781..ecb2aaa1 100644
--- a/sirmordred/task_enrich.py
+++ b/sirmordred/task_enrich.py
@@ -440,7 +440,6 @@ def execute(self):
 
             if autorefresh and self.db:
                 logger.info('[%s] autorefresh start', self.backend_section)
-                a = self._get_enrich_backend()
                 self.__autorefresh(self._get_enrich_backend())
                 logger.info('[%s] autorefresh end', self.backend_section)
             else: