diff --git a/libnymea-core/logging/logengine.cpp b/libnymea-core/logging/logengine.cpp
index 59595366..c205ab1e 100644
--- a/libnymea-core/logging/logengine.cpp
+++ b/libnymea-core/logging/logengine.cpp
@@ -479,7 +479,6 @@ void LogEngine::appendLogEntry(const LogEntry &entry)
             qCWarning(dcLogEngine) << "Error writing log entry. Driver error:" << job->error().driverText() << "Database error:" << job->error().number() << job->error().databaseText();
             qCWarning(dcLogEngine) << entry;
             m_dbMalformed = true;
-            processQueue();
             return;
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/scripts/gettags.sh b/tests/scripts/gettags.sh
index a06c5f52..fa0a08b4 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/gettags.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/gettags.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 if [ -z $1 ]; then
   echo "usage: $0 host"
-else
-  (echo '{"id":1, "method":"Tags.GetTags"}'; sleep 1) | nc $1 2222
+  exit 1
 fi
+
+cat << EOD | nc $1 2222
+{"id":0, "method":"JSONRPC.Hello"}
+{"id":1, "method":"Tags.GetTags"}
+EOD