diff --git a/src/main/java/io/hops/metadata/ndb/NdbStorageFactory.java b/src/main/java/io/hops/metadata/ndb/NdbStorageFactory.java
index 6248c5eb..fa5ce9f5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/hops/metadata/ndb/NdbStorageFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/hops/metadata/ndb/NdbStorageFactory.java
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ public void setConfiguration(Properties conf)
       MysqlServerConnector.getInstance().setConfiguration(conf);
       initDataAccessMap();
     } catch (IOException ex) {
-      throw new StorageInitializtionException(ex);
+      //ClusterJ dumps username and password in the exception
+      throw new StorageInitializtionException("Error getting connection to cluster");
     }
   }