diff --git a/data/web/inc/prerequisites.inc.php b/data/web/inc/prerequisites.inc.php
index 0a9ba2e7e..ffa1eac6e 100644
--- a/data/web/inc/prerequisites.inc.php
+++ b/data/web/inc/prerequisites.inc.php
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ catch (PDOException $e) {
 ?>
 <center style='font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;'>🐮 Connection failed, database may be in warm-up state, please try again later.<br /><br />The following error was reported:<br/>  <?=$e->getMessage();?></center>
 <?php
+exit;
 }
 
 $_SESSION['mailcow_locale'] = strtolower(trim($DEFAULT_LANG));
@@ -99,4 +100,4 @@ require_once 'lang/lang.en.php';
 include 'lang/lang.'.$_SESSION['mailcow_locale'].'.php';
 require_once 'inc/functions.inc.php';
 require_once 'inc/triggers.inc.php';
-(!isset($_SESSION['mailcow_cc_username'])) ? init_db_schema() : null;
\ No newline at end of file
+(!isset($_SESSION['mailcow_cc_username'])) ? init_db_schema() : null;