diff --git a/GDSMultiPageFormService/MultiPageFormService.cs b/GDSMultiPageFormService/MultiPageFormService.cs
index 6f8322c..a7f269b 100644
--- a/GDSMultiPageFormService/MultiPageFormService.cs
+++ b/GDSMultiPageFormService/MultiPageFormService.cs
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ public async Task<bool> FormDataExistsForGuidAndFeature(MultiPageFormDataFeature
             }
             finally
             {
-                if (_DbConnection.State == ConnectionState.Open)
+                if (_DbConnection != null && _DbConnection.State == ConnectionState.Open)
                 {
                     _DbConnection.Close();
                 }