diff --git a/code/web/private_php/ams/plugins/API_key_management/API_key_management.php b/code/web/private_php/ams/plugins/API_key_management/API_key_management.php
index cbe7fca6a..8f2e6158b 100644
--- a/code/web/private_php/ams/plugins/API_key_management/API_key_management.php
+++ b/code/web/private_php/ams/plugins/API_key_management/API_key_management.php
@@ -157,12 +157,12 @@ function api_key_management_hook_load_db()
     global $var_set;
      global $return_set;
 
-     $db = new DBLayer( 'lib' );
+     $dbl = new DBLayer("lib");
 
      if ( isset( $_SESSION['user'] ) )
          {
         // returns the registered keys
-        $sth = $db -> select( 'ams_api_keys', array( 'user' => $_SESSION['user'] ), 'User = :user' );
+        $sth = $dbl -> select( 'ams_api_keys', array( 'user' => $_SESSION['user'] ), 'User = :user' );
          $row = $sth -> fetchAll();
          $return_set['api_keys'] = $row;
 
@@ -170,12 +170,16 @@ function api_key_management_hook_load_db()
         $com = array_column( $return_set['api_keys'], 'UserCharacter' );
 
          // returns the characters with respect to the user id in the ring_tool->characters
-        $db = new DBLayer( 'ring' );
-         $sth = $db -> selectWithParameter( 'char_name', 'characters' , array(), '1' );
-         $row = $sth -> fetch();
-
-         // loop through the character list and remove the character if already have an api key
-        $return_set['characters'] = array_diff( $row, $com );
+         try {
+            $dbl = new DBLayer( 'ring' );
+            $sth = $dbl -> selectWithParameter( 'char_name', 'characters' , array(), '1' );
+            $row = $sth -> fetch();
+
+            // loop through the character list and remove the character if already have an api key
+            $return_set['characters'] = array_diff( $row, $com );
+         }catch( PDOException $e ) {
+            error_log($e->getMessage());
+}
          }
     }
 
diff --git a/code/web/private_php/setup/sql/nel_ams_lib_00001.sql b/code/web/private_php/setup/sql/nel_ams_lib_00001.sql
index 685d04ffc..3c9b259b3 100644
--- a/code/web/private_php/setup/sql/nel_ams_lib_00001.sql
+++ b/code/web/private_php/setup/sql/nel_ams_lib_00001.sql
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `plugins` (
 --
 
 INSERT INTO `plugins` (`Id`, `FileName`, `Name`, `Type`, `Owner`, `Permission`, `Status`, `Weight`, `Info`) VALUES
-(1, 'API_key_management', 'API_key_management', 'automatic', '', 'admin', 0, 0, '{"PluginName":"API Key Management","Description":"Provides public access to the API''s by generating access tokens.","Version":"1.0.0","Type":"automatic","TemplatePath":"..\\/..\\/..\\/private_php/ams\\/plugins\\/API_key_management\\/templates\\/index.tpl","":null}'),
-(2, 'Achievements', 'Achievements', 'Manual', '', 'admin', 0, 0, '{"PluginName":"Achievements","Description":"Returns the achivements of a user with respect to the character =.","Version":"1.0.0","TemplatePath":"..\\/..\\/..\\/private_php/ams\\/plugins\\/Achievements\\/templates\\/index.tpl","Type":"Manual","":null}');
+(1, 'API_key_management', 'API_key_management', 'automatic', '', 'admin', 0, 0, '{"PluginName":"API Key Management","Description":"Provides public access to the API''s by generating access tokens.","Version":"1.0.0","Type":"automatic","TemplatePath":"..\\/..\\/..\\/private_php\\/ams\\/plugins\\/API_key_management\\/templates\\/index.tpl","":null}'),
+(2, 'Achievements', 'Achievements', 'Manual', '', 'admin', 0, 0, '{"PluginName":"Achievements","Description":"Returns the achivements of a user with respect to the character =.","Version":"1.0.0","TemplatePath":"..\\/..\\/..\\/private_php\\/ams\\/plugins\\/Achievements\\/templates\\/index.tpl","Type":"Manual","":null}');
 
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