diff --git a/SeedDMS_Core/Core/inc.DBAccessPDO.php b/SeedDMS_Core/Core/inc.DBAccessPDO.php
index e48f5f3d5..09b797e28 100644
--- a/SeedDMS_Core/Core/inc.DBAccessPDO.php
+++ b/SeedDMS_Core/Core/inc.DBAccessPDO.php
@@ -283,22 +283,26 @@ class SeedDMS_Core_DatabaseAccess {
 				$dsn = $this->_driver.":".$this->_database;
 				break;
 		}
-		/** @noinspection PhpUndefinedVariableInspection */
-		$this->_conn = new PDO($dsn, $this->_user, $this->_passw);
-		if (!$this->_conn)
-			return false;
+		try {
+			/** @noinspection PhpUndefinedVariableInspection */
+			$this->_conn = new PDO($dsn, $this->_user, $this->_passw);
+			if (!$this->_conn)
+				return false;
 
-		switch($this->_driver) {
-			case 'mysql':
-				$this->_conn->exec('SET NAMES utf8');
-				/* Turn this on if you want strict checking of default values, etc. */
-//				$this->_conn->exec("SET SESSION sql_mode = 'STRICT_TRANS_TABLES'");
-				/* The following is the default on Ubuntu 16.04 */
-//				$this->_conn->exec("SET SESSION sql_mode = 'ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY,STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,NO_ZERO_IN_DATE,NO_ZERO_DATE,ERROR_FOR_DIVISION_BY_ZERO,NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION'");
-				break;
-			case 'sqlite':
-				$this->_conn->exec('PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON');
-				break;
+			switch($this->_driver) {
+				case 'mysql':
+					$this->_conn->exec('SET NAMES utf8');
+					/* Turn this on if you want strict checking of default values, etc. */
+					/* $this->_conn->exec("SET SESSION sql_mode = 'STRICT_TRANS_TABLES'"); */
+					/* The following is the default on Ubuntu 16.04 */
+					/* $this->_conn->exec("SET SESSION sql_mode = 'ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY,STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,NO_ZERO_IN_DATE,NO_ZERO_DATE,ERROR_FOR_DIVISION_BY_ZERO,NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION'"); */
+					break;
+				case 'sqlite':
+					$this->_conn->exec('PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON');
+					break;
+			}
+		} catch (Exception $e) {
+			return false;
 		}
 		if($this->_useviews) {
 			$tmp = $this->ViewList();