diff --git a/boswatch/router/routerManager.py b/boswatch/router/routerManager.py
index 28a1788..86f6326 100644
--- a/boswatch/router/routerManager.py
+++ b/boswatch/router/routerManager.py
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ class RouterManager:
                         logging.error("unknown type '%s' in %s", routeType, route)
                         return False
 
-                except ModuleNotFoundError as e:
-                    logging.error("%s not found: %s (%s)", route.get("type"), route.get("res"), str(e))
+                except ModuleNotFoundError:
+                    logging.exception("%s not found: %s", route.get("type"), route.get("res"))
                     return False
 
         logging.debug("finished building routers")
diff --git a/init_db.sql b/init_db.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..79a86fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/init_db.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+create table boswatch
+(
+	id int auto_increment primary key,
+	packetTimestamp timestamp default now() not null,
+	packetMode enum('fms', 'pocsag', 'zvei', 'msg') not null,
+	pocsag_ric char(7) default null,
+	pocsag_subric enum('1', '2', '3', '4') default null,
+	pocsag_subricText enum('a', 'b', 'c', 'd') default null,
+	pocsag_message text default null,
+	pocsag_bitrate enum('512', '1200', '2400') default null,
+    zvei_tone char(5) default null,
+    fms_fms char(8) default null,
+    fms_service varchar(255) default null,
+    fms_country varchar(255) default null,
+    fms_location varchar(255) default null,
+    fms_vehicle varchar(255) default null,
+    fms_status char(1) default null,
+    fms_direction char(1) default null,
+    fms_directionText tinytext default null,
+    fms_tacticalInfo char(3) default null,
+	serverName varchar(255) not null,
+	serverVersion varchar(100) not null,
+	serverBuildDate varchar(255) not null,
+	serverBranch varchar(255) not null,
+	clientName varchar(255) not null,
+	clientIP varchar(255) not null,
+	clientVersion varchar(100) not null,
+	clientBuildDate varchar(255) not null,
+	clientBranch varchar(255) not null,
+	inputSource varchar(30) not null,
+	frequency varchar(30) not null
+);
+create unique index boswatch_id_uindex
+	on boswatch (id);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugin/mysql.py b/plugin/mysql.py
index e4c153e..f882703 100644
--- a/plugin/mysql.py
+++ b/plugin/mysql.py
@@ -37,12 +37,6 @@ class BoswatchPlugin(PluginBase):
     def onLoad(self):
         """!Called by import of the plugin
         Remove if not implemented"""
-        self.connection = mysql.connector.connect(
-            host=self.config.get("host"),
-            user=self.config.get("user"),
-            password=self.config.get("password"),
-            database=self.config.get("database"),
-        )
         self.sqlInserts = {
             "pocsag": "INSERT INTO boswatch (packetTimestamp, packetMode, pocsag_ric, pocsag_subric, pocsag_subricText, pocsag_message, pocsag_bitrate, serverName, serverVersion, serverBuildDate, serverBranch, clientName, clientIP, clientVersion, clientBuildDate, clientBranch, inputSource, frequency) VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s)",
             "zvei": "INSERT INTO boswatch (packetTimestamp, packetMode, zvei_tone, serverName, serverVersion, serverBuildDate, serverBranch, clientName, clientIP, clientVersion, clientBuildDate, clientBranch, inputSource, frequency) VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s)",
@@ -50,12 +44,30 @@ class BoswatchPlugin(PluginBase):
             "msg": "INSERT INTO boswatch (packetTimestamp, packetMode, serverName, serverVersion, serverBuildDate, serverBranch, clientName, clientIP, clientVersion, clientBuildDate, clientBranch, inputSource, frequency) VALUE (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s)"
         }
 
+        self.connection = mysql.connector.connect(
+            host=self.config.get("host"),
+            user=self.config.get("user"),
+            password=self.config.get("password"),
+            database=self.config.get("database"),
+        )
+
+        self.cursor = self.connection.cursor()
+        self.cursor.execute("SHOW TABLES LIKE 'boswatch'")
+
+        if self.cursor.fetchone() is None:
+            with open('init_db.sql') as f:
+                for stmnt in f.read().split(';'):
+                    self.cursor.execute(stmnt)
+                    self.connection.commit()
+
+        self.cursor.close()
+
     def setup(self):
         """!Called before alarm
         Remove if not implemented"""
         try:
             self.connection.ping(reconnect=True, attempts=3, delay=2)
-        except mysql.connector.Error as err:
+        except mysql.connector.Error:
             logging.warning("Connection was down, trying to reconnect...")
             self.onLoad()
 
@@ -168,8 +180,9 @@ class BoswatchPlugin(PluginBase):
         """!Called after alarm
         Remove if not implemented"""
         self.connection.commit()
+        self.cursor.close()
 
     def onUnload(self):
         """!Called by destruction of the plugin
         Remove if not implemented"""
-        pass
+        self.connection.close()