1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/juick/CrosspostComponent.java b/src/main/java/com/juick/CrosspostComponent.java
index 1df68493..f6d830ec 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/juick/CrosspostComponent.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/juick/CrosspostComponent.java
@@ -125,11 +125,14 @@ public class CrosspostComponent implements ServletContextListener,  Stream.Strea
 
     public void setupSql(String host, String username, String password, String database) {
         try {
+            Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
             sql = DriverManager.getConnection(
                     String.format("jdbc:mysql://%s/%s?autoReconnect=true&user=%s&password=%s",
                             host, database, username, password));
         } catch (SQLException e) {
             logger.log(Level.SEVERE, e.getMessage(), e);
+        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+            logger.log(Level.SEVERE, e.getMessage(), e);
         }
     }