diff --git a/OpenSim/Data/SQLite/SQLiteEstateData.cs b/OpenSim/Data/SQLite/SQLiteEstateData.cs
index 21556da99e..63252aa3d3 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Data/SQLite/SQLiteEstateData.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Data/SQLite/SQLiteEstateData.cs
@@ -109,10 +109,17 @@ namespace OpenSim.Data.SQLite
         {
             EstateSettings es = new EstateSettings();
             es.OnSave += StoreEstateSettings;
+            IDataReader r = null;
+            try
+            {
+                 r = cmd.ExecuteReader();
+            }
+            catch (SqliteException)
+            {
+                m_log.Error("[SQLITE]: There was an issue loading the estate settings.  This can happen the first time running OpenSimulator with CSharpSqlite the first time.  OpenSimulator will probably crash, restart it and it should be good to go.");
+            }
 
-            IDataReader r = cmd.ExecuteReader();
-
-            if (r.Read())
+            if (r != null && r.Read())
             {
                 foreach (string name in FieldList)
                 {