diff --git a/marietje/metrics/views.py b/marietje/metrics/views.py
index 71d95db..d9d1292 100644
--- a/marietje/metrics/views.py
+++ b/marietje/metrics/views.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from django.db.models import Count, Q
 from django.http import HttpResponse
+from django.db.utils import OperationalError
+
 from prometheus_client import generate_latest, Gauge
 
 from queues.models import Queue, PlaylistSong
@@ -11,29 +13,32 @@ queue_duration_gauge = Gauge('marietje_queue_duration', 'Marietje queue duration
 # Export the amount of different users in the queue
 queue_users_gauge = Gauge('marietje_queue_users', 'Users holding a queue at some point', ['name'])
 
+try:
+    for queue in Queue.objects.all():
+        def _get_queue_length():
+            return (PlaylistSong.objects.filter(playlist=queue.playlist_id, state=0)
+                                        .count())
 
-for queue in Queue.objects.all():
-    def _get_queue_length():
-        return (PlaylistSong.objects.filter(playlist=queue.playlist_id, state=0)
-                                    .count())
+        def _get_queue_duration():
+            playlist_songs = (PlaylistSong.objects.filter(playlist=queue.playlist_id, state=0)
+                                                  .select_related('song')
+                                                  .all())
+            return sum(ps.song.duration for ps in playlist_songs)
 
-    def _get_queue_duration():
-        playlist_songs = (PlaylistSong.objects.filter(playlist=queue.playlist_id, state=0)
-                                              .select_related('song')
-                                              .all())
-        return sum(ps.song.duration for ps in playlist_songs)
+        def _get_queue_distinct_users():
+            # Ideally, we would use .distinct() here, but it is not supported on
+            # sqlite3. This makes testing a bit tedious. Also, it does not give me
+            # that much of confidence that it would also work on mysql.
+            # Furtermore, we do not expect the queue to be very long at any moment.
+            return len(set(PlaylistSong.objects.filter(playlist=queue.playlist_id, state=0)
+                                               .values_list('user')))
 
-    def _get_queue_distinct_users():
-        # Ideally, we would use .distinct() here, but it is not supported on
-        # sqlite3. This makes testing a bit tedious. Also, it does not give me
-        # that much of confidence that it would also work on mysql.
-        # Furtermore, we do not expect the queue to be very long at any moment.
-        return len(set(PlaylistSong.objects.filter(playlist=queue.playlist_id, state=0)
-                                           .values_list('user')))
+        queue_length_gauge.labels(name=queue).set_function(_get_queue_length)
+        queue_duration_gauge.labels(name=queue).set_function(_get_queue_duration)
+        queue_users_gauge.labels(name=queue).set_function(_get_queue_distinct_users)
 
-    queue_length_gauge.labels(name=queue).set_function(_get_queue_length)
-    queue_duration_gauge.labels(name=queue).set_function(_get_queue_duration)
-    queue_users_gauge.labels(name=queue).set_function(_get_queue_distinct_users)
+except OperationalError:
+    pass
 
 
 def metrics(request):