Cannot use await in mysql2 package

I am trying to create a simple app using NodeJs and Mysql. I am using the Mysql2 library to create the connection to my db. The examples I see online, all of them use await when doing a query on the database. However, when I try to do it, it shows **'await' has no effect on the type of this expression. ** This is where I am using the await keyword This is where I have created the connection