gistfile1.txt

$ git diff
diff --git a/lib/mongoid/railtie.rb b/lib/mongoid/railtie.rb
index 1a2cf40..d8132b0 100644
--- a/lib/mongoid/railtie.rb
+++ b/lib/mongoid/railtie.rb
@@ -60,7 +60,11 @@ module Rails #:nodoc:
       initializer "setup database" do
         config_file = Rails.root.join("config", "mongoid.yml")
         if config_file.file?
-          ::Mongoid.load!(config_file)
+          begin
+            ::Mongoid.load!(config_file)
+          rescue Mongo::ConnectionFailure => e
+            $stderr.puts "\n#{e.message}"
+          end
         end
       end