diff --git a/kvs/boltdb/main.go b/kvs/boltdb/main.go
index 74387a2d..8f5a55b1 100644
--- a/kvs/boltdb/main.go
+++ b/kvs/boltdb/main.go
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ func New(opts *cnf.Options) (ds kvs.DS, err error) {
 	path := strings.TrimLeft(opts.DB.Path, "boltdb://")
 
 	db, err = bolt.Open(path, 0666, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
 
 	db.Update(func(tx *bolt.Tx) error {
 		tx.CreateBucketIfNotExists(bucket)
diff --git a/kvs/db.go b/kvs/db.go
index f1694e04..cfa6ce13 100644
--- a/kvs/db.go
+++ b/kvs/db.go
@@ -35,15 +35,21 @@ func New(opts *cnf.Options) (db *DB, err error) {
 	var ds DS
 
 	if strings.HasPrefix(opts.DB.Path, "boltdb://") {
-		ds, err = stores["boltdb"](opts)
+		if ds, err = stores["boltdb"](opts); err != nil {
+			return
+		}
 	}
 
 	if strings.HasPrefix(opts.DB.Path, "mysql://") {
-		ds, err = stores["mysql"](opts)
+		if ds, err = stores["mysql"](opts); err != nil {
+			return
+		}
 	}
 
 	if strings.HasPrefix(opts.DB.Path, "pgsql://") {
-		ds, err = stores["pgsql"](opts)
+		if ds, err = stores["pgsql"](opts); err != nil {
+			return
+		}
 	}
 
 	db = &DB{ds: ds}
diff --git a/kvs/mysql/main.go b/kvs/mysql/main.go
index 63fdfdab..7e8e7b6c 100644
--- a/kvs/mysql/main.go
+++ b/kvs/mysql/main.go
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ func New(opts *cnf.Options) (ds kvs.DS, err error) {
 	path := strings.TrimLeft(opts.DB.Path, "mysql://")
 
 	db, err = sql.Open("mysql", path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
 
 	return &DS{db: db, ck: opts.DB.Key}, err
 
diff --git a/kvs/pgsql/main.go b/kvs/pgsql/main.go
index 5b69a0fe..2cf295d3 100644
--- a/kvs/pgsql/main.go
+++ b/kvs/pgsql/main.go
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ func New(opts *cnf.Options) (ds kvs.DS, err error) {
 	path := strings.TrimLeft(opts.DB.Path, "pgsql://")
 
 	db, err = sql.Open("postgres", path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
 
 	return &DS{db: db, ck: opts.DB.Key}, err