diff --git a/screening/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/plugin/screening/client/api/v1/ScreeningClientApiTest.java b/screening/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/plugin/screening/client/api/v1/ScreeningClientApiTest.java
index 6eceb4cb9395fc1d3abc23f9407f94a0b628e7e7..bb7e3ba62a1fcb4b2c45ec48e8999c859b01e262 100644
--- a/screening/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/plugin/screening/client/api/v1/ScreeningClientApiTest.java
+++ b/screening/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/plugin/screening/client/api/v1/ScreeningClientApiTest.java
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ public class ScreeningClientApiTest
                 userId));
         ScreeningOpenbisServiceFacade facade =
                 ScreeningOpenbisServiceFacade.tryCreate(userId, userPassword, serverUrl);
+        if (facade == null)
+        {
+            System.err.println("Cannot connect with the server, is it running?");
+            return;
+        }
         List<Plate> plates = facade.listPlates();
         System.out.println("Plates: " + plates);
         List<ImageDatasetReference> imageDatasets = facade.listImageDatasets(plates);
@@ -71,7 +76,7 @@ public class ScreeningClientApiTest
 
         // test for feature vector dataset
         String featureVectorDatasetCode = featureVectorDatasets.get(0).getDatasetCode(); // feature
-                                                                                         // vector
+        // vector
         IDatasetIdentifier datasetIdentifier =
                 getDatasetIdentifier(facade, featureVectorDatasetCode);
         loadImages(facade, datasetIdentifier);