diff --git a/src/main/java/com/andrewlalis/perfin/data/impl/JdbcDataSourceFactory.java b/src/main/java/com/andrewlalis/perfin/data/impl/JdbcDataSourceFactory.java
index bdad590..0727cbf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/andrewlalis/perfin/data/impl/JdbcDataSourceFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/andrewlalis/perfin/data/impl/JdbcDataSourceFactory.java
@@ -59,7 +59,11 @@ public class JdbcDataSourceFactory implements DataSourceFactory {
                 throw new ProfileLoadException("Profile " + profileName + " has a database with an unsupported schema version.");
             }
         }
-        return new JdbcDataSource(getJdbcUrl(profileName), Profile.getContentDir(profileName));
+        var dataSource = new JdbcDataSource(getJdbcUrl(profileName), Profile.getContentDir(profileName));
+        if (!testConnection(dataSource)) {
+            throw new ProfileLoadException("Unabled to connect to the profile's database.");
+        }
+        return dataSource;
     }
 
     public SchemaStatus getSchemaStatus(String profileName) throws IOException {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/andrewlalis/perfin/model/ProfileLoader.java b/src/main/java/com/andrewlalis/perfin/model/ProfileLoader.java
index 90cb815..8297cf4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/andrewlalis/perfin/model/ProfileLoader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/andrewlalis/perfin/model/ProfileLoader.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Properties;
@@ -50,6 +51,8 @@ public class ProfileLoader {
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new ProfileLoadException("Failed to load profile settings.", e);
         }
+
+        // Try to check the profile's schema version and migrate if needed.
         try {
             DataSourceFactory.SchemaStatus status = dataSourceFactory.getSchemaStatus(name);
             if (status == DataSourceFactory.SchemaStatus.NEEDS_MIGRATION) {
@@ -72,11 +75,14 @@ public class ProfileLoader {
         }
 
         // Check for a recent backup and make one if not present.
-        try {
-            ProfileBackups.makeBackup(name);
-            ProfileBackups.cleanOldBackups(name);
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            log.error("Failed to create backup for profile " + name + ".", e);
+        LocalDateTime lastBackup = ProfileBackups.getLastBackupTimestamp(name);
+        if (lastBackup == null || lastBackup.isBefore(LocalDateTime.now().minusDays(1))) {
+            try {
+                ProfileBackups.makeBackup(name);
+                ProfileBackups.cleanOldBackups(name);
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                log.error("Failed to create backup for profile " + name + ".", e);
+            }
         }
 
         DataSource dataSource = dataSourceFactory.getDataSource(name);