diff --git a/index/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/index/es/EsRestClient.java b/index/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/index/es/EsRestClient.java
index 23001f417d..9837d551f1 100644
--- a/index/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/index/es/EsRestClient.java
+++ b/index/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/index/es/EsRestClient.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 import org.apache.http.nio.conn.ssl.SSLIOSessionStrategy;
 import org.apache.http.ssl.SSLContextBuilder;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.TotalHits;
+import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException;
 import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchStatusException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.health.ClusterHealthRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.health.ClusterHealthResponse;
@@ -504,7 +505,7 @@ public String getServerStatus() throws IOException {
 //        return getClient().ping(RequestOptions.DEFAULT);
     }
 
-    public String getServerVersion() throws IOException {
+    public String getServerVersion() throws IOException, ElasticsearchException {
         MainResponse.Version version = client.info(RequestOptions.DEFAULT).getVersion();
 
         return version.getNumber();
diff --git a/services/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/api/site/SiteInformation.java b/services/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/api/site/SiteInformation.java
index 3adae15438..f42d890a6f 100644
--- a/services/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/api/site/SiteInformation.java
+++ b/services/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/api/site/SiteInformation.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import jeeves.server.ServiceConfig;
 import jeeves.server.context.ServiceContext;
 import org.apache.commons.dbcp2.BasicDataSource;
+import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException;
 import org.fao.geonet.GeonetContext;
 import org.fao.geonet.constants.Geonet;
 import org.fao.geonet.kernel.search.EsSearchManager;
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ public SiteInformation(final ServiceContext context, final GeonetContext gc) {
             }
             try {
                 loadIndexInfo(context);
-            } catch (IOException e) {
+            } catch (IOException | ElasticsearchException e) {
                 Log.error(Geonet.GEONETWORK, e.getMessage(), e);
             }
             loadVersionInfo();