diff --git a/daemon/service-db.cc b/daemon/service-db.cc
index f534694..85f3f4c 100644
--- a/daemon/service-db.cc
+++ b/daemon/service-db.cc
@@ -876,9 +876,15 @@ svcdb_initialize (const gchar *path)
     delete g_svcdb_instance;
   }
 
-  g_svcdb_instance = new MLServiceDB (path);
+  try {
+    g_svcdb_instance = new MLServiceDB (path);
+    g_svcdb_instance->connectDB ();
+  } catch (const std::exception &e) {
+    ml_loge ("%s", e.what ());
+    svcdb_finalize ();
+  }
+
   g_assert (g_svcdb_instance);
-  g_svcdb_instance->connectDB ();
 }
 
 /**