diff --git a/src/api-service/__app__/onefuzzlib/notifications/ado.py b/src/api-service/__app__/onefuzzlib/notifications/ado.py
index 79b5153e4..8fe89f206 100644
--- a/src/api-service/__app__/onefuzzlib/notifications/ado.py
+++ b/src/api-service/__app__/onefuzzlib/notifications/ado.py
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ def notify_ado(
 
     try:
         ado = ADO(container, filename, config, report)
+        ado.connect()
         ado.process()
     except (
         AzureDevOpsAuthenticationError,