Index: trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/dvo/LoadImages.c
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--- trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/dvo/LoadImages.c	(revision 7917)
+++ trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/dvo/LoadImages.c	(revision 15752)
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
 Image *LoadImages (int *nimage) {
 
+  int status;
   char *catdir, filename[256];
   Image *image;
@@ -28,6 +29,11 @@
   }
 
-  dvo_image_load (&db, TRUE, FALSE);
+  status = dvo_image_load (&db, TRUE, FALSE);
   gfits_db_close (&db);
+
+  if (!status) {
+    gprint (GP_ERR, "problem loading image database table\n");
+    return (NULL);
+  }
 
   image = gfits_table_get_Image (&db.ftable, nimage, &db.swapped);