diff --git a/lib/AccountManager/App.pm b/lib/AccountManager/App.pm
index 03a4f72b69139cd5009f4fd811f13424bfca489d..4f96f4827c9076bdaa607c4d86b516a9bf21057a 100644
--- a/lib/AccountManager/App.pm
+++ b/lib/AccountManager/App.pm
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ sub new {
             host     => $self->{configuration}->{database}->{host},
             username => $self->{configuration}->{database}->{username},
             password => $self->{configuration}->{database}->{password},
-            options  => [ split(/, */, $self->{configuration}->{database}->{options}) ]
+            options  => $self->{configuration}->{database}->{options} ?
+                [ split(/, */, $self->{configuration}->{database}->{options}) ] : undef,
         );
     }