diff --git a/cpp/src/server/DBWrapper.cpp b/cpp/src/server/DBWrapper.cpp
index 2a583a660d4e4fafff73045273c84a9c1542e049..7892a57f2b933befb343f4207cf17bb5d080b9fd 100644
--- a/cpp/src/server/DBWrapper.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/server/DBWrapper.cpp
@@ -37,12 +37,16 @@ DBWrapper::DBWrapper() {
     opt.meta.archive_conf.SetCriterias(criterial);
 
     //create db root folder
-    CommonUtil::CreateDirectory(opt.meta.path);
+    ServerError err = CommonUtil::CreateDirectory(opt.meta.path);
+    if(err != SERVER_SUCCESS) {
+        std::cout << "ERROR! Failed to create database root path: " << opt.meta.path << std::endl;
+        kill(0, SIGUSR1);
+    }
 
     zilliz::milvus::engine::DB::Open(opt, &db_);
     if(db_ == nullptr) {
-        SERVER_LOG_ERROR << "Failed to open db";
-        throw ServerException(SERVER_NULL_POINTER, "Failed to open db");
+        std::cout << "ERROR! Failed to open database" << std::endl;
+        kill(0, SIGUSR1);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/cpp/src/server/MilvusServer.cpp b/cpp/src/server/MilvusServer.cpp
index 5e42eb3d7a7fc021475d9d794ac900a7d188b045..322460968feb655e76a08728ce87a6858e612f76 100644
--- a/cpp/src/server/MilvusServer.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/server/MilvusServer.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <thrift/concurrency/PosixThreadFactory.h>
 
 #include <thread>
+#include <iostream>
 
 namespace zilliz {
 namespace milvus {
@@ -92,7 +93,8 @@ MilvusServer::StartService() {
             return;
         }
     } catch (apache::thrift::TException& ex) {
-        //SERVER_LOG_ERROR << "Server encounter exception: " << ex.what();
+        std::cout << "ERROR! " << ex.what() << std::endl;
+        kill(0, SIGUSR1);
     }
 }