Backend app crashes if db connection unavailable

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App Version

App Configuration File

# Copy-paste your config.yaml here

Panic Output

2021/08/13 01:08:39 Unable to connect to Gremlin database at: dial tcp 127.0.0.1:8182: connect: connection refused
2021/08/13 01:08:39 dial tcp 127.0.0.1:8182: connect: connection refused
panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference
[signal SIGSEGV: segmentation violation code=0x1 addr=0x18 pc=0xa1d746]

goroutine 1 [running]:
main.reIndex(0x0, 0x0, 0xc000010110, 0x1, 0x1, 0x0, 0xc7d6e0)
        /code/graph.go:10 +0x26
main.main()
        /code/main.go:36 +0x2a6

Expected Behavior

App should continue and log that DB is unavailable. Potentially surfacing this through to UI

Actual Behavior

App panics

Steps to Reproduce

Start backend app without DB or invalid DB connection string

Important Factoids

References

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