diff --git a/plugins/rcpt_mysql b/plugins/rcpt_mysql
index 4251eb9..ee07322 100644
--- a/plugins/rcpt_mysql
+++ b/plugins/rcpt_mysql
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ sub askDatabase
     }
 
     my $dsn = $self->{dsn};
-    my $dbh         = DBI->connect($dsn, $self->{user}, $self->{pass});
+    my $dbh         = DBI->connect($dsn, $self->{user}, $self->{pass}, { RaiseError => 0});
 
     if ($dbh->err())
     {