diff --git a/bin/server.js b/bin/server.js
index ddaa3f9..1b47ef2 100644
--- a/bin/server.js
+++ b/bin/server.js
@@ -54,12 +54,16 @@ async function startServer () {
   await app.listen(config.port)
   console.log(`Server started on ${config.port}`)
 
-  const iRedMail = new IRedMail()
-  await iRedMail.sequelize.authenticate()
-  console.log('Connection to the iRedMail postgres database has been established successfully.')
+  try {
+    const iRedMail = new IRedMail()
+    await iRedMail.sequelize.authenticate()
+    console.log('Connection to the iRedMail postgres database has been established successfully.')
 
-  // Attach to iRedMail instantiation to the context object.
-  app.context.iRedMail = iRedMail
+    // Attach to iRedMail instantiation to the context object.
+    app.context.iRedMail = iRedMail
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.log(`Could not connect to iRedMail instance.`)
+  }
 
   return app
 }
diff --git a/config/env/min-config.js b/config/env/min-config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e08603
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/env/min-config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module.exports = {
+  port: process.env.PORT || 5000
+}
diff --git a/config/index.js b/config/index.js
index 395a90d..d8e1d3a 100644
--- a/config/index.js
+++ b/config/index.js
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 let common
 try {
   common = require('./env/common')
-} catch (err) {}
+} catch (err) {
+  common = require('./env/min-config')
+}
 
 // Default to development environment.
 const env = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development'