diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5046215..7c870fa 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ obj/
 *.log
 *.json
 .env
-data/
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+data/
+Folder.DotSettings.user
diff --git a/Services/HandleDbBackup.cs b/Services/HandleDbBackup.cs
index b8ee7b5..c0f1ffb 100755
--- a/Services/HandleDbBackup.cs
+++ b/Services/HandleDbBackup.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ public class HandleDbBackup
     {
         logger?.LogInformation("Backup requested");
 
+        try{
         var json = (await _db.Find(new BsonDocument()).ToListAsync()).ToJson();
 
         var bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(json);
@@ -26,5 +27,9 @@ public class HandleDbBackup
             DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss" + "\nCurrent post count: " + _db.CountDocumentsAsync(new BsonDocument())),
             ParseMode.Html);
         logger?.LogInformation("Backup sent");
+        }
+        catch(Exception ex){
+            logger?.LogError(ex,"Unable to backup database");
+        }
     }
 }
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