diff --git a/pglablib/PgDatabaseCatalog.cpp b/pglablib/PgDatabaseCatalog.cpp
index 10e0903..53e0d5d 100644
--- a/pglablib/PgDatabaseCatalog.cpp
+++ b/pglablib/PgDatabaseCatalog.cpp
@@ -180,8 +180,12 @@ void load(Pgsql::Connection &conn, IPgContainter &pg_cont)
 	}
 	else {
 		auto details = result.diagDetails();
-
-		throw std::runtime_error("Query failed\n" + details.errorMessage);
+		if (details.state == "42501") { // permission denied
+			// ignore this for now
+		}
+		else {
+			throw std::runtime_error("Query failed\n" + details.errorMessage);
+		}
 	}
 
 }