2 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/core/leap_web_core.gemspec b/core/leap_web_core.gemspec
index 4109a03..7ca4d90 100644
--- a/core/leap_web_core.gemspec
+++ b/core/leap_web_core.gemspec
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.add_dependency "couchrest", "~> 1.1.3"
   s.add_dependency "couchrest_model", "~> 2.0.0"
-  s.add_dependency "couchrest_session_store", "~> 0.2.2"
+  s.add_dependency "couchrest_session_store", "~> 0.2.4"
 
   s.add_dependency "json"
 end
diff --git a/core/lib/extensions/couchrest.rb b/core/lib/extensions/couchrest.rb
index 84cfbb3..9f27c3a 100644
--- a/core/lib/extensions/couchrest.rb
+++ b/core/lib/extensions/couchrest.rb
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@ module CouchRest
       end
     end
 
-    module Errors
-      class ConnectionFailed < CouchRestModelError; end
-    end
-
     module Connection
 
       module ClassMethods
@@ -36,7 +32,9 @@ module CouchRest
         rescue RestClient::Unauthorized,
           Errno::EHOSTUNREACH,
           Errno::ECONNREFUSED => e
-          raise CouchRest::Model::Errors::ConnectionFailed.new(e.to_s)
+          message = "Could not connect to couch database #{db} due to #{e.to_s}"
+          Rails.logger.warn message
+          raise e.class.new(message) if APP_CONFIG[:reraise_errors]
         end
       end