diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cfff967..ea637bb 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1438,7 +1438,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "simple-analytics"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-std",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 581ff8e..fc3add9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "simple-analytics"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/src/submit.rs b/src/submit.rs
index f0d7363..07076aa 100644
--- a/src/submit.rs
+++ b/src/submit.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,12 @@ pub async fn submit_event(mut req: Request<State>) -> tide::Result {
 
     {
         let state = req.state().clone();
-        let connection = state.0.lock().expect("failed to get read lock");
+        let connection = if let Ok(v) = state.0.lock() {
+            v
+        } else {
+            error!("database mutex is poisoned. Restarting is probably required!");
+            panic!("database mutex is poisoned");
+        };
 
         if let Err(err) = connection.execute(
             "INSERT INTO analytics (id, event_name, data) VALUES (?1, ?2, ?3)",