diff --git a/src/backend/app/DB.php b/src/backend/app/DB.php
index 0a9ec77df330ad5f0dbc17fa8acc6a2ff820cab6..341432facdbf31b3e31f56e2d3c4a33c7c16f9d0 100644
--- a/src/backend/app/DB.php
+++ b/src/backend/app/DB.php
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ class DB extends PDO
 
                 self::$instance->exec('SET time_zone="+00:00"');
             } catch (\PDOException $e) {
+				echo "An error has occurred with the database.\n";
                 abort(500);
             }
         }