diff --git a/resources/classes/database.php b/resources/classes/database.php
index 11f3d32526..c9f3b28df9 100644
--- a/resources/classes/database.php
+++ b/resources/classes/database.php
@@ -392,22 +392,15 @@
 			public function connect() {
 
 				//includes files
-					//require dirname(__DIR__, 2) . "/resources/require.php";
-
-				//set the include path
-					$conf = glob("{/usr/local/etc,/etc}/fusionpbx/config.conf", GLOB_BRACE);
-					set_include_path(parse_ini_file($conf[0])['document.root']);
-
-				//parset the config.conf file
-					$conf = parse_ini_file($conf[0]);
+					require dirname(__DIR__, 2) . "/resources/require.php";
 
 				//get the database connection settings
-					$db_type = $conf['database.0.type'];
-					$db_host = $conf['database.0.host'];
-					$db_port = $conf['database.0.port'];
-					$db_name = $conf['database.0.name'];
-					$db_username = $conf['database.0.username'];
-					$db_password = $conf['database.0.password'];
+					//$db_type = $conf['database.0.type'];
+					//$db_host = $conf['database.0.host'];
+					//$db_port = $conf['database.0.port'];
+					//$db_name = $conf['database.0.name'];
+					//$db_username = $conf['database.0.username'];
+					//$db_password = $conf['database.0.password'];
 
 				//debug info
 					//echo "db type:".$db_type."\n";
@@ -645,6 +638,13 @@
 					$this->connect();
 				}
 
+				//if unable to connect to the database
+				if (!$this->db) {
+					echo "Connection Failed<br />\n";
+					echo "line number ".__line__."<br />\n";
+					exit;
+				}
+
 				//query table store to see if the table exists
 				$sql = "";
 				if ($this->type == "sqlite") {
@@ -1477,11 +1477,20 @@
 						$this->connect();
 					}
 
+				//unable to connect to the database
+					if (!$this->db) {
+						echo "Connection Failed<br />\n";
+						echo "line number ".__line__."<br />\n";
+						exit;
+					}
+
 				//set the error mode
-					$this->db->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
+					if ($this->db) {
+						$this->db->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
+					}
 
 				//reduce prepared statement latency
-					if (defined('PDO::PGSQL_ATTR_DISABLE_PREPARES')) {
+					if ($this->db && defined('PDO::PGSQL_ATTR_DISABLE_PREPARES')) {
 						$this->db->setAttribute(PDO::PGSQL_ATTR_DISABLE_PREPARES, true);
 					}
 
diff --git a/resources/require.php b/resources/require.php
index a3d5cb617c..c8581ecab8 100644
--- a/resources/require.php
+++ b/resources/require.php
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 	require_once "resources/php.php";
 	require_once "resources/functions.php";
 	if (is_array($conf) && count($conf) > 0) {
-		require "resources/pdo.php";
+		require_once "resources/pdo.php";
 		require_once "resources/cidr.php";
 		if (file_exists($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] . PROJECT_PATH . "/resources/switch.php")) {
 			require_once "resources/switch.php";