diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index e7e8af6..0314f7d 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -82,4 +82,6 @@ pub enum ServerError {
     ArgumentError(String),
     #[error("{0}")]
     Operation(String),
+    #[error("{0}")]
+    DatabaseError(String),
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 783ba0e..c57a5c7 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use llama_core::MetadataBuilder;
 use once_cell::sync::OnceCell;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::{collections::HashMap, net::SocketAddr, path::PathBuf};
-use utils::{is_valid_url, LogLevel};
+use utils::{is_valid_url, qdrant_up, LogLevel};
 
 type Error = Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync + 'static>;
 
@@ -212,11 +212,19 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), ServerError> {
 
         // log
         {
-            error!(target: "server_config", "rag_prompt: {}", err_msg);
+            error!(target: "server_config", "qdrant_url: {}", err_msg);
         }
 
         return Err(ServerError::ArgumentError(err_msg));
     }
+    if !qdrant_up(&cli.qdrant_url).await {
+        let err_msg = format!("[INFO] Qdrant not found at: {}", &cli.qdrant_url);
+        error!(target: "server_config", "qdrant_url: {}", err_msg);
+
+        return Err(ServerError::DatabaseError(err_msg));
+    }
+
+    // log qdrant url
     info!(target: "server_config", "qdrant_url: {}", &cli.qdrant_url);
 
     // log qdrant collection name
diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index 837da3f..b68e0d8 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use hyper::Client;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use url::Url;
 
@@ -5,6 +6,16 @@ pub(crate) fn is_valid_url(url: &str) -> bool {
     Url::parse(url).is_ok()
 }
 
+//TODO: check json title field to check whether running service is really qdrant
+pub(crate) async fn qdrant_up(url: &str) -> bool {
+    let client = Client::new();
+
+    match client.get(url.parse().unwrap()).await {
+        Ok(res) => res.status().is_success(),
+        Err(_) => false,
+    }
+}
+
 pub(crate) fn gen_chat_id() -> String {
     format!("chatcmpl-{}", uuid::Uuid::new_v4())
 }