diff --git a/web/www/sunders/sync-state.php b/web/www/sunders/sync-state.php
index 11ecef5..3cb8ef0 100644
--- a/web/www/sunders/sync-state.php
+++ b/web/www/sunders/sync-state.php
@@ -2,27 +2,29 @@
   error_reporting(0);
   include $pathToWebFolder.'config.php';
 
-
-  /* Connect to database */
-  $mysqli = new mysqli(MYSQL_HOST, MYSQL_USER, MYSQL_PASSWORD, MYSQL_DB);
-  if($mysqli->connect_errno) {
-    http_response_code(503);
-    header('Content-type: application/json');
-    $result = '{"error":"Database unavailable"}';
-    echo $result;
-    exit;
-  }
-
-  $syncstate_querry = $mysqli->query("SELECT * FROM sync_state WHERE k = 'sequenceNumber'");
-
-  while($row = $syncstate_querry->fetch_assoc()) {
-      $syncstate = array('sequenceNumber' => $row["v"]);
+  try {
+    $mysqli = new mysqli(MYSQL_HOST, MYSQL_USER, MYSQL_PASSWORD, MYSQL_DB);
+    if($mysqli->connect_errno) {
+      throw new Exception("Could not connect to database");
     }
 
-  $result = json_encode($syncstate);
+    $syncstate_querry = $mysqli->query("SELECT * FROM sync_state WHERE k = 'sequenceNumber'");
 
-  $mysqli->close();
+    while($row = $syncstate_querry->fetch_assoc()) {
+        $syncstate = array('sequenceNumber' => $row["v"]);
+      }
 
-  header('Content-type: application/json; Charset : utf-8');
-  echo $result;
+    $result = json_encode($syncstate);
+
+    $mysqli->close();
+
+    header('Content-type: application/json; Charset : utf-8');
+    echo $result;
+    mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_OFF);
+  } catch (Exception $e) {
+      http_response_code(503);
+      header('Content-type: application/json');
+      $result = '{"error":"Database unavailable"}';
+      echo $result;
+  }
 ?>