diff --git a/plugins/org.jkiss.dbeaver.ext.postgresql/src/org/jkiss/dbeaver/ext/postgresql/model/PostgreDatabase.java b/plugins/org.jkiss.dbeaver.ext.postgresql/src/org/jkiss/dbeaver/ext/postgresql/model/PostgreDatabase.java
index 5d53ec2bc19dd104e2da7198545585534721fbbd..e12c8bcb20cb4cbf0f1fc972dd95ce2210246299 100644
--- a/plugins/org.jkiss.dbeaver.ext.postgresql/src/org/jkiss/dbeaver/ext/postgresql/model/PostgreDatabase.java
+++ b/plugins/org.jkiss.dbeaver.ext.postgresql/src/org/jkiss/dbeaver/ext/postgresql/model/PostgreDatabase.java
@@ -246,7 +246,10 @@ public class PostgreDatabase extends JDBCRemoteInstance<PostgreDataSource>
             description = JDBCUtils.queryString(session, "select description from pg_shdescription "
                     + "join pg_database on objoid = pg_database.oid where datname = ?", getName());
         } catch (SQLException e) {
-            throw new DBException("Error reading database description ", e, getDataSource()); 
+            log.debug("Error reading database description ", e);
+        }
+        if (description == null) {
+            description = "";
         }
         
         return description;