diff --git a/pydruid/db/sqlalchemy.py b/pydruid/db/sqlalchemy.py
index ae52c7a9..35a5f09c 100644
--- a/pydruid/db/sqlalchemy.py
+++ b/pydruid/db/sqlalchemy.py
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ def do_ping(self, dbapi_connection) -> bool:
         Return if the database can be reached.
         """
         try:
-            dbapi_connection.execute("SELECT 1")
-        except Exception:
+            dbapi_connection.execute(text("SELECT 1"))
+        except Exception as ex:
             return False
 
         return True