diff --git a/app/controllers/api/health.php b/app/controllers/api/health.php
index a411002532..765688e1ee 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/health.php
+++ b/app/controllers/api/health.php
@@ -132,9 +132,8 @@ App::get('/v1/health/db')
         }
 
         if (!empty($failures)) {
-            $output=  $failures;
-            //throw new Exception(Exception::GENERAL_SERVER_ERROR, 'DB failure on: ' . implode(", ", $failures));
-        } 
+            throw new Exception(Exception::GENERAL_SERVER_ERROR, 'DB failure on: ' . implode(", ", $failures));
+        }
 
         $response->dynamic(new Document([
             'statuses' => $output,