diff --git a/ceod/db/MySQLService.py b/ceod/db/MySQLService.py
index 0f3f337..cd5a870 100644
--- a/ceod/db/MySQLService.py
+++ b/ceod/db/MySQLService.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from ceod.utils import gen_password
 from ceod.db.utils import response_is_empty
 
 from mysql.connector import connect
-from mysql.connector.errors import InterfaceError, ProgrammingError
+from mysql.connector.errors import OperationalError, ProgrammingError
 
 logger = logger_factory(__name__)
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class MySQLService:
                     password=self.auth_password,
             ) as con:
                 yield con
-        except InterfaceError as e:
+        except OperationalError as e:
             logger.error(e)
             raise DatabaseConnectionError()
         except ProgrammingError as e: