diff --git a/pyfpdb/Database.py b/pyfpdb/Database.py
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
diff --git a/pyfpdb/fpdb.py b/pyfpdb/fpdb.py
index 7da93e87..47d3bc55 100755
--- a/pyfpdb/fpdb.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/fpdb.py
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ class fpdb:
             self.warning_box("MySQL Server reports: Access denied. Are your permissions set correctly?")
             exit()
         except Exceptions.FpdbMySQLNoDatabase:
-            msg = "MySQL client reports: 2002 error. Unable to connect - Please check that the MySQL service has been started"
+            msg = "MySQL client reports: 2002 or 2003 error. Unable to connect - Please check that the MySQL service has been started"
             self.warning_box(msg)
             exit
 
diff --git a/pyfpdb/fpdb_db.py b/pyfpdb/fpdb_db.py
index 8a0ec54e..405a142c 100644
--- a/pyfpdb/fpdb_db.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/fpdb_db.py
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class fpdb_db:
             except MySQLdb.Error, ex:
                 if ex.args[0] == 1045:
                     raise FpdbMySQLAccessDenied(ex.args[0], ex.args[1])
-                elif ex.args[0] == 2002:
+                elif ex.args[0] == 2002 or ex.args[0] == 2003: # 2002 is no unix socket, 2003 is no tcp socket
                     raise FpdbMySQLNoDatabase(ex.args[0], ex.args[1])
                 else:
                     print "*** WARNING UNKNOWN MYSQL ERROR", ex