diff --git a/plugins/postgresql/pgbouncer_ b/plugins/postgresql/pgbouncer_
index 208d663e..610c4834 100755
--- a/plugins/postgresql/pgbouncer_
+++ b/plugins/postgresql/pgbouncer_
@@ -157,13 +157,16 @@ if (defined($ARGV[0]))
 }
 
 # connect to data
-my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:Pg:dbname=$db_name;host=$db_host;port=$db_port", $db_user, $db_pass);
+my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:Pg:dbname=$db_name;host=$db_host;port=$db_port", $db_user, $db_pass) 
+	 or die ("Cannot connect to database");
 # go trough each set and get the data
 foreach my $get ('pools', 'stats')
 {
 	# prep and execute the show query
-	my $pre = $dbh->prepare("SHOW $get");
-	$pre->execute();
+	my $pre = $dbh->prepare("SHOW $get")
+		or die ("Cannot prepare query");
+	$pre->execute()
+		or die ("Cannot execute statement")
 	while (@data = $pre->fetchrow)
 	{
 		# first defines the pool