diff --git a/dhis-2/dhis-support/dhis-support-hibernate/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/datasource/DatabasePoolUtils.java b/dhis-2/dhis-support/dhis-support-hibernate/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/datasource/DatabasePoolUtils.java
index 9d7d9ada1a9a..417b3bafac9b 100644
--- a/dhis-2/dhis-support/dhis-support-hibernate/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/datasource/DatabasePoolUtils.java
+++ b/dhis-2/dhis-support/dhis-support-hibernate/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/datasource/DatabasePoolUtils.java
@@ -342,10 +342,12 @@ private static DataSource createC3p0DbPool(PoolConfig config)
   }
 
   public static void testConnection(DataSource dataSource) throws SQLException {
-    Connection conn = dataSource.getConnection();
 
-    try (Statement stmt = conn.createStatement()) {
+    try (Connection conn = dataSource.getConnection();
+        Statement stmt = conn.createStatement()) {
       stmt.executeQuery("select 'connection_test' as connection_test;");
+    } catch (SQLException e) {
+      log.error(e.getMessage());
     }
   }
 }