diff --git a/simplenotes-persistance/src/main/kotlin/be/simplenotes/persistance/HealthCheck.kt b/simplenotes-persistance/src/main/kotlin/be/simplenotes/persistance/HealthCheck.kt
index 214be9a..9f9162c 100644
--- a/simplenotes-persistance/src/main/kotlin/be/simplenotes/persistance/HealthCheck.kt
+++ b/simplenotes-persistance/src/main/kotlin/be/simplenotes/persistance/HealthCheck.kt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import be.simplenotes.persistance.utils.type
 import me.liuwj.ktorm.database.Database
 import me.liuwj.ktorm.database.asIterable
 import me.liuwj.ktorm.database.use
+import java.io.EOFException
 import java.sql.SQLTransientException
 import javax.inject.Singleton
 
@@ -27,5 +28,7 @@ internal class DbHealthCheckImpl(
         }.any { it in dataSourceConfig.jdbcUrl }
     } catch (e: SQLTransientException) {
         false
+    } catch (e: EOFException) {
+        false
     }
 }