diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 2908ad6..72b0ef8 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -8,14 +8,11 @@ publishArtifact := false
 publish := {}
 publishLocal := {}
 
-publishArtifact := false
-publish := {}
-publishLocal := {}
 
 lazy val commonSettings = Seq(
   name := "akka-reactivemongo-plugin",
   organization := "null-vector",
-  version := s"1.4.5",
+  version := s"1.4.6",
   scalaVersion := scala213,
   crossScalaVersions := supportedScalaVersions,
   scalacOptions := Seq(
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/nullvector/Collections.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/nullvector/Collections.scala
index cf44a94..13c4c50 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/nullvector/Collections.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/nullvector/Collections.scala
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ class Collections(databaseProvider: DatabaseProvider, system: ExtendedActorSyste
     config.getString("akka-persistence-reactivemongo.collection-name-mapping")
   ).get.getDeclaredConstructor(classOf[Config]).newInstance(config)
 
-  def database = currentDatabaseProvider.database
+  private def database = currentDatabaseProvider.database
 
   override def receive: Receive = {
-    case SetDatabaseProvider(databaseProvider, ack) =>
-      currentDatabaseProvider = databaseProvider
+    case SetDatabaseProvider(aDatabaseProvider, ack) =>
+      currentDatabaseProvider = aDatabaseProvider
       ack.success(Done)
 
     case GetJournalCollectionNameFor(persistentId, promise) =>
@@ -51,10 +51,15 @@ class Collections(databaseProvider: DatabaseProvider, system: ExtendedActorSyste
       promisedDone success Done
 
     case GetJournals(response) =>
-      response completeWith (for {
-        names <- database.collectionNames
-        collections = names.filter(_.startsWith(journalPrefix)).map(database.collection[BSONCollection](_))
-      } yield collections)
+      val collections = database.collectionNames.map(_.filter(_.startsWith(journalPrefix))).flatMap { names =>
+        Future.traverse(names) { name =>
+          val promisedCollection = Promise[BSONCollection]
+          promisedCollection completeWith verifiedJournalCollection(name)
+          promisedCollection.future
+        }
+      }
+      response completeWith collections
+
   }
 
   private def verifiedJournalCollection(name: String): Future[BSONCollection] = {
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/nullvector/ReactiveMongoDriver.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/nullvector/ReactiveMongoDriver.scala
index 8334d53..dddd24f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/nullvector/ReactiveMongoDriver.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/nullvector/ReactiveMongoDriver.scala
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import akka.util.Timeout
 import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
 import org.nullvector.ReactiveMongoDriver.QueryType.QueryType
 import org.nullvector.ReactiveMongoDriver.{DatabaseProvider, QueryType}
+import org.slf4j.{Logger, LoggerFactory}
 import play.api.libs.json.{JsString, Json}
 import reactivemongo.api.bson.BSONDocument
 import reactivemongo.api.bson.collection.BSONCollection
@@ -33,16 +34,30 @@ object ReactiveMongoDriver extends ExtensionId[ReactiveMongoDriver] with Extensi
 }
 
 class ReactiveMongoDriver(system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends Extension {
+  protected val logger: Logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass)
+
   private val dispatcherName = "akka-persistence-reactivemongo-dispatcher"
   protected implicit val dispatcher: ExecutionContext = system.dispatchers.lookup(dispatcherName)
   private implicit val timeout: Timeout = Timeout(5.seconds)
   private val defaultProvider: DatabaseProvider = new DatabaseProvider {
     private lazy val db: DB = {
       val mongoUri = system.settings.config.getString("akka-persistence-reactivemongo.mongo-uri")
+      logger.info("Connecting to {}", mongoUri)
       Await.result(
         MongoConnection.fromString(mongoUri).flatMap { parsedUri =>
-          val databaseName = parsedUri.db.getOrElse(throw new Exception("Missing database name"))
-          AsyncDriver(system.settings.config).connect(parsedUri).flatMap(_.database(databaseName))
+          parsedUri.db match {
+            case Some(databaseName) =>
+              AsyncDriver(system.settings.config).connect(parsedUri).flatMap(_.database(databaseName))
+                .recover {
+                  case throwable: Throwable =>
+                    logger.error(throwable.getMessage, throwable)
+                    throw throwable
+                }
+            case None =>
+              val exception = new IllegalStateException(s"Missing Database Name in $mongoUri")
+              logger.error(exception.getMessage, exception)
+              throw exception
+          }
         },
         30.seconds
       )
@@ -96,11 +111,11 @@ class ReactiveMongoDriver(system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends Extension {
     }
 
     (extractValue("mongodb.explain-all").map(_ => QueryType.All) ::
-        extractValue("mongodb.explain-recovery").map(_ => QueryType.Recovery) ::
-        extractValue("mongodb.explain-highest-seq").map(_ => QueryType.HighestSeq) ::
-        extractValue("mongodb.explain-load-snapshot").map(_ => QueryType.LoadSnapshot) ::
-        extractValue("mongodb.explain-events-by-tag").map(_ => QueryType.EventsByTag) ::
-          Nil).flatten
+      extractValue("mongodb.explain-recovery").map(_ => QueryType.Recovery) ::
+      extractValue("mongodb.explain-highest-seq").map(_ => QueryType.HighestSeq) ::
+      extractValue("mongodb.explain-load-snapshot").map(_ => QueryType.LoadSnapshot) ::
+      extractValue("mongodb.explain-events-by-tag").map(_ => QueryType.EventsByTag) ::
+      Nil).flatten
   }
 
   def explain(collection: BSONCollection)(queryType: QueryType.QueryType, queryBuilder: collection.QueryBuilder) = {
@@ -114,7 +129,7 @@ class ReactiveMongoDriver(system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends Extension {
                 (queryType: QueryType.QueryType, stages: List[collection.PipelineOperator], hint: Option[collection.Hint]) = {
     if (shoudExplain(queryType)) {
       collection
-        .aggregatorContext[BSONDocument](stages,explain = true, hint = hint)
+        .aggregatorContext[BSONDocument](stages, explain = true, hint = hint)
         .prepared
         .cursor
         .collect[List]()