diff --git a/lib/short.js b/lib/short.js
index 1ef6ae5..b576a49 100644
--- a/lib/short.js
+++ b/lib/short.js
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ function hasher(URL) {
 
 exports.connect = function (mongodb) {
   mongoose.connect(mongodb);
+  mongoose.connection.on('open', function(){
+    console.log('mongodb connected');
+  });
+  mongoose.connection.on('error', function(error){
+    throw new Error(error);
+  })
 };
 
 /*!
@@ -43,7 +49,6 @@ exports.connect = function (mongodb) {
 
 exports.gen = function (URL, callback) {
   var hashedURL = hasher(URL);
-
   var item = new ShortURL({
     URL : URL,
     hash : hashedURL
@@ -51,7 +56,7 @@ exports.gen = function (URL, callback) {
   item.save(function (error, item) {
     //Tries to save to mongodb, if it exists it retries
     if (error && error.code === 11000) {
-      console.log(hashedURL + " already exists! Retrying!");
+      console.log(hashedURL + ' already exists! Retrying!');
       short.gen(URL, callback);
     } else {
       callback(null, item);