Steps to Reproduce:

Prerequisites: stop the database service (simulates an unreachable database);

1) Start the application server hosting the Contour instance

2) Navigate to the Contour instance

Actual Result: A StackTrace is displayed to the user showing an unhandled exception due to the unreachable database;  

Expected Result: an error message, in plain-english, should be displayed to the user stating that the database is currently unreachable;