1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 9d465bd..8818cd8 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ int cfg_init() {
 		ircstats_config.day_date_format = NULL;
 	}
 
+	if(!config_lookup_string(&config, "db_connection_string", &ircstats_config.db_connection_string)) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Missing setting \"db_connection_string\".\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	config_setting_t *regexes_setting = config_lookup(&config, "regexes");
 	if(!config_setting_is_aggregate(regexes_setting)) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Setting \"regexes\" must be an aggregate type.\n");