diff --git a/Backend/setup.php b/Backend/setup.php
index 46ff1f5..b99f69e 100644
--- a/Backend/setup.php
+++ b/Backend/setup.php
@@ -85,13 +85,12 @@ if(isset($_POST["dbSetup"])){
 
     file_put_contents($conFilePath, json_encode($dbCon));
 
-    require_once('../bootstrap.php');
     try{
-        $capsule->Connection()->getPdo();
+        require_once('../bootstrap.php');
     } catch (\Exception $e) {
-        http_response_code(400);
         file_put_contents($conFilePath, NULL);
-        echo json_encode(["message" => "Could not connect to the database.  Please check your configuration. error:"]);
+        http_response_code(400);
+        echo json_encode(["message" => "Could not connect to the database.  Please check your configuration. error:" . $e]);
         exit();
     }
     require_once ('Database/databaseMigration.php');
diff --git a/bootstrap.php b/bootstrap.php
index 1959089..b988801 100755
--- a/bootstrap.php
+++ b/bootstrap.php
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ $con = json_decode(file_get_contents('config/database.json', true), true);
 $capsule->addConnection($con);
 $capsule->setAsGlobal();
 $capsule->bootEloquent();
+$capsule->Connection()->getPdo();