diff --git a/framework/src/main/groovy/org/moqui/impl/entity/EntityDbMeta.groovy b/framework/src/main/groovy/org/moqui/impl/entity/EntityDbMeta.groovy
index d487e7de6..4a4158ab6 100644
--- a/framework/src/main/groovy/org/moqui/impl/entity/EntityDbMeta.groovy
+++ b/framework/src/main/groovy/org/moqui/impl/entity/EntityDbMeta.groovy
@@ -455,7 +455,12 @@ class EntityDbMeta {
             ResultSet tableSet2 = null
             boolean beganTx = useTxForMetaData ? efi.ecfi.transactionFacade.begin(5) : false
             try {
-                con = efi.getConnection(groupName)
+                try {
+                    con = efi.getConnection(groupName)
+                } catch (EntityException ee) {
+                    logger.warn("Could not get connection so treating entity ${ed.fullEntityName} in group ${groupName} as table does not exist: ${ee.toString()}")
+                    return false
+                }
                 DatabaseMetaData dbData = con.getMetaData()
 
                 String[] types = ["TABLE", "VIEW", "ALIAS", "SYNONYM", "PARTITIONED TABLE"]