diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b14c465e..ae0d6750 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -15376,3 +15376,6 @@
 2016-07-22 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
 	* Added the man page for rdclilogedit(1) to the manifest in
 	'rivendell.spec.in'.
+2016-07-22 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
+	* Fixed bug in 'utils/rdclilogedit/rdclilogedit.cpp' that would
+	cause the DB connection to time out.
diff --git a/utils/rdclilogedit/rdclilogedit.cpp b/utils/rdclilogedit/rdclilogedit.cpp
index 4d09eba0..fd5c76df 100644
--- a/utils/rdclilogedit/rdclilogedit.cpp
+++ b/utils/rdclilogedit/rdclilogedit.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 #include <rdcmd_switch.h>
 #include <rdconf.h>
+#include <rddbheartbeat.h>
 #include <rdweb.h>
 
 #include "rdclilogedit.h"
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ MainObject::MainObject(QObject *parent)
     db->removeDatabase(edit_config->mysqlDbname());
     exit(256);
   }
+  new RDDbHeartbeat(edit_config->mysqlHeartbeatInterval(),this);
 
   //
   // RDAirPlay Configuration