diff --git a/app/api/tenants/specs/tenantsContext.spec.ts b/app/api/tenants/specs/tenantsContext.spec.ts
index 31041b4381..5378623a4d 100644
--- a/app/api/tenants/specs/tenantsContext.spec.ts
+++ b/app/api/tenants/specs/tenantsContext.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
+import { DB } from 'api/odm/DB';
+import { Db } from 'mongodb';
+import testingDB from 'api/utils/testing_db';
+import { testingEnvironment } from 'api/utils/testingEnvironment';
 import { config } from 'api/config';
 import { tenants } from '../tenantContext';
+import { tenantsModel } from '../tenantsModel';
 
 describe('tenantsContext', () => {
   describe('add', () => {
@@ -14,4 +19,38 @@ describe('tenantsContext', () => {
       }, 'test-tenant');
     });
   });
+
+  describe('updateTenants', () => {
+    let db: Db;
+
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+      await testingDB.connect();
+      testingEnvironment.setRequestId();
+      db = DB.connectionForDB(config.SHARED_DB).db;
+
+      await db.collection('tenants').deleteMany({});
+      await db.collection('tenants').insertMany([
+        {
+          name: 'tenant one',
+          dbName: 'tenant_one',
+        },
+        {
+          name: 'tenant two',
+          dbName: 'tenant_two',
+        },
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    afterAll(async () => {
+      await db.collection('tenants').deleteMany({});
+      await testingEnvironment.tearDown();
+    });
+
+    it('should udpate tenants with DB data', async () => {
+      await tenants.updateTenants(await tenantsModel());
+
+      expect(tenants.tenants['tenant one'].dbName).toBe('tenant_one');
+      expect(tenants.tenants['tenant two'].dbName).toBe('tenant_two');
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/app/api/tenants/tenantContext.ts b/app/api/tenants/tenantContext.ts
index 1487de94c2..1b18384bf2 100644
--- a/app/api/tenants/tenantContext.ts
+++ b/app/api/tenants/tenantContext.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class Tenants {
     const tenants = await model.get();
 
     tenants.forEach((tenant: TenantDocument) => {
-      this.add(tenant.toObject());
+      this.add(tenant);
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 22499b0134..6e97c7d59a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "uwazi",
-  "version": "1.177.2",
+  "version": "1.177.3",
   "description": "Uwazi is a free, open-source solution for organising, analysing and publishing your documents.",
   "keywords": [
     "react"