Express Node.js App Loses Connection to MongoLab Database using Mongoose

So after trying a bunch of things, I have gotten a connection to my MongoLab server using Heroku. The only issue is before I actually go to my site, it gives me a Process exited with status 1 (full log below). The app runs perfectly fine on my local server. Below is the app.js code. The app itself is at brads-testing.herokuapp.com.

app.js:

//requires and start up app
var express = require('express');
var mongoose = require('mongoose')
  , dbURI = 'localhost/test';
var app = express();

//configures app for production, connects to mongoLab databse rather than localhost
app.configure('production', function () {
    //app.use(express.logger());
    console.log("production!");
    dbURI = 'mongodb://USERNAME:PASSWORD@ds037387.mongolab.com:37387/test';
});

//configures app for general stuff needed
app.configure(function () {
    //app.use(express.logger());
    app.use(express.bodyParser());
    app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/static'));
});

//tries to connect to database. If it does, connected set to true. If not, connected stays false
var connected = false;
mongoose.connect(dbURI);
mongoose.connection.on('open', function () {
    console.log("connected!");
    connected = true;
    //creates new schema for object post and saves it to the database
    var postSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
        body: String
    });

    var Post = mongoose.model('Post', postSchema);

    app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');
    app.set('view engine','jade');

    app.get('/', function(request, response) {
        response.render('index');
    });

    app.post('/result', function(request, response) {
    if (connected) {
        var post = new Post({body: request.body.text});
        console.log(post);
        post.save(function (err) {
            if (err) {
                console.log("error!");
            } else {
                console.log("saved!");
            }
        });

        Post.find(function (err, posts) {
            if (!err) {
                console.log("found!");
                console.log(posts);
                response.render('result', {posts: posts});
            } else {
                connected = false;
                var error = "The server had an issue sending/executing the query..."
                response.render('result_error', {error: error});
            }
        });
        } else {
        var error = "The server didn't end up connecting..."
        response.render('result_error', {error: error});
        }
    });

    app.get('/result', function (request, response) {
        if (connected) {
        Post.find(function (err, posts) {
            if (!err) {
                console.log("found!");
                console.log(posts);
                response.render('result', {posts: posts});
            } else {
                connected = false;
                var error = "The server had an issue sending/executing the query..."
                response.render('result_error', {error: error});
            }
        });
        } else {
            var errorText = "The server didn't end up connecting..."
            response.render('result_error', {error: errorText});
        }
    });

    app.listen(process.env.PORT || 5000);

});
mongoose.connection.on('error', console.error.bind(console, 'connection error:'));

terminal logs:

2012-08-22T19:19:26+00:00 heroku[web.1]: Starting process with command `node app.js`
2012-08-22T19:19:26+00:00 heroku[web.1]: Stopping all processes with SIGTERM
2012-08-22T19:19:28+00:00 app[web.1]: production!
2012-08-22T19:19:28+00:00 app[web.1]: connected!
2012-08-22T19:19:28+00:00 heroku[web.1]: State changed from starting to up
2012-08-22T19:19:29+00:00 heroku[web.1]: Process exited with status 1

The sad thing is, the connected! message and the Process exited with status 1 are kind of interchangeable. Sometimes one comes before the other, and sometimes it is the other way around. Hopefully someone can help.