diff -r 9aa00e214020 -r 5cc7fdad1452 java/jdbc-loopback-driver/src/info/globalcode/jdbc/loopback/Driver.java
--- a/java/jdbc-loopback-driver/src/info/globalcode/jdbc/loopback/Driver.java	Sat Apr 12 20:01:42 2014 +0200
+++ b/java/jdbc-loopback-driver/src/info/globalcode/jdbc/loopback/Driver.java	Fri May 09 14:16:45 2014 +0200
@@ -43,7 +43,11 @@
 
 	@Override
 	public Connection connect(String url, Properties info) throws SQLException {
-		return new Connection(url, info);
+		if (acceptsURL(url)) {
+			return new Connection(url, info);
+		} else {
+			throw new SQLException("Unsupported URL: " + url);
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override