diff --git a/controllers/cloud.redhat.com/providers/database/appinterface.go b/controllers/cloud.redhat.com/providers/database/appinterface.go
index f602e7a12..e4839a58c 100644
--- a/controllers/cloud.redhat.com/providers/database/appinterface.go
+++ b/controllers/cloud.redhat.com/providers/database/appinterface.go
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ func GetDbConfig(
 
 	if len(matches) == 0 {
 
-		dbConfigs, err := genDbConfigs(secrets.Items)
+		dbConfigs, err := genDbConfigs(secrets.Items, false)
 
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ func resolveDb(spec crd.DatabaseSpec, c []config.DatabaseConfigContainer) config
 	return config.DatabaseConfigContainer{}
 }
 
-func genDbConfigs(secrets []core.Secret) ([]config.DatabaseConfigContainer, error) {
+func genDbConfigs(secrets []core.Secret, verify bool) ([]config.DatabaseConfigContainer, error) {
 	configs := []config.DatabaseConfigContainer{}
 
 	var err error
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ func genDbConfigs(secrets []core.Secret) ([]config.DatabaseConfigContainer, erro
 	keys := []string{"db.host", "db.port", "db.user", "db.password", "db.name"}
 	providers.ExtractSecretData(secrets, extractFn, keys...)
 
-	if err != nil {
+	if verify && err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ func searchAnnotationSecret(appName string, secrets []core.Secret) ([]config.Dat
 	for _, secret := range secrets {
 		anno := secret.GetAnnotations()
 		if v, ok := anno["clowder/database"]; ok && v == appName {
-			configs, err := genDbConfigs([]core.Secret{secret})
+			configs, err := genDbConfigs([]core.Secret{secret}, true)
 			return configs, err
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/controllers/cloud.redhat.com/providers/database/appinterface_test.go b/controllers/cloud.redhat.com/providers/database/appinterface_test.go
index 15483cb56..902e6e033 100644
--- a/controllers/cloud.redhat.com/providers/database/appinterface_test.go
+++ b/controllers/cloud.redhat.com/providers/database/appinterface_test.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func TestAppInterfaceDb(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}}
 
-	configs, err := genDbConfigs(secrets)
+	configs, err := genDbConfigs(secrets, false)
 
 	assert.NoError(t, err, "failed to gen db config")
 	assert.Equal(t, len(configs), 1, "wrong number of configs")
diff --git a/tests/kuttl/test-multi-app-interface-db/01-pods.yaml b/tests/kuttl/test-multi-app-interface-db/01-pods.yaml
index fdc5936a4..f9a847e73 100644
--- a/tests/kuttl/test-multi-app-interface-db/01-pods.yaml
+++ b/tests/kuttl/test-multi-app-interface-db/01-pods.yaml
@@ -120,6 +120,19 @@ data:
   db.user: dXNlcmJhZAo=  # userbad
   db.password:  cGFzc3dvcmQxMjM=  # password123
 ---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: app-single
+  namespace: test-multi-app-interface-db
+type: Opaque
+data:
+  db.host: YXBwLXNpbmdsZS1zdGFnZS5yZHMuZXhhbXBsZS5jb20=  # app-single-stage.rds.example.com
+  db.name: ZGJuYW1l  # dbname
+  db.port: cGw=  # pl  This is to check that a bad port doesn't mess with the rest of them
+  db.user: dXNlcmJhZAo=  # userbad
+  db.password:  cGFzc3dvcmQxMjM=  # password123
+---
 apiVersion: cloud.redhat.com/v1alpha1
 kind: ClowdApp
 metadata: