From 8cd9d53fb1ff4a8a15d208f587a0a4ce330890bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fijxu <fijxu@nadeko.net>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2025 18:44:01 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] show message when connection to the database is not possible

---
 src/invidious.cr | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/invidious.cr b/src/invidious.cr
index 69f8a26c..d1f84f39 100644
--- a/src/invidious.cr
+++ b/src/invidious.cr
@@ -60,7 +60,13 @@ alias IV = Invidious
 CONFIG   = Config.load
 HMAC_KEY = CONFIG.hmac_key
 
-PG_DB       = DB.open CONFIG.database_url
+PG_DB = begin
+  DB.open CONFIG.database_url
+rescue ex
+  puts "Failed to connect to PostgreSQL database: #{ex.cause.try &.message}"
+  puts "Check your 'config.yml' database settings or PostgreSQL settings."
+  exit(1)
+end
 ARCHIVE_URL = URI.parse("https://archive.org")
 PUBSUB_URL  = URI.parse("https://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com")
 REDDIT_URL  = URI.parse("https://www.reddit.com")