diff --git a/src/pg/mod.rs b/src/pg/mod.rs
index 654874d..a2c8fbb 100644
--- a/src/pg/mod.rs
+++ b/src/pg/mod.rs
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ pub struct AsyncPgConnection {
     stmt_cache: Arc<Mutex<StmtCache<diesel::pg::Pg, Statement>>>,
     transaction_state: Arc<Mutex<AnsiTransactionManager>>,
     metadata_cache: Arc<Mutex<PgMetadataCache>>,
+    error_receiver: tokio::sync::oneshot::Receiver<diesel::result::Error>,
 }
 
 #[async_trait::async_trait]
@@ -124,12 +125,19 @@ impl AsyncConnection for AsyncPgConnection {
         let (client, connection) = tokio_postgres::connect(database_url, tokio_postgres::NoTls)
             .await
             .map_err(ErrorHelper)?;
-        tokio::spawn(async move {
-            if let Err(e) = connection.await {
-                eprintln!("connection error: {e}");
+        // If there is a connection error, we capture it in this channel and make when
+        // the user next calls one of the functions on the connection in this trait, we
+        // return the error instead of the inner result.
+        let (sender, receiver) = tokio::sync::oneshot::channel();
+        tokio::spawn(async {
+            if let Err(connection_error) = connection.await {
+                let connection_error = diesel::result::Error::from(ErrorHelper(connection_error));
+                if let Err(send_error) = sender.send(connection_error) {
+                    eprintln!("Failed to send connection error through channel, connection must have been dropped: {}", send_error);
+                }
             }
         });
-        Self::try_from(client).await
+        Self::try_from_with_error_receiver(client, receiver).await
     }
 
     fn load<'conn, 'query, T>(&'conn mut self, source: T) -> Self::LoadFuture<'conn, 'query>
@@ -138,15 +146,19 @@ impl AsyncConnection for AsyncPgConnection {
         T::Query: QueryFragment<Self::Backend> + QueryId + 'query,
     {
         let query = source.as_query();
-        self.with_prepared_statement(query, |conn, stmt, binds| async move {
+        let f = self.with_prepared_statement(query, |conn, stmt, binds| async move {
             let res = conn.query_raw(&stmt, binds).await.map_err(ErrorHelper)?;
 
             Ok(res
                 .map_err(|e| diesel::result::Error::from(ErrorHelper(e)))
                 .map_ok(PgRow::new)
                 .boxed())
-        })
-        .boxed()
+        });
+
+        match self.error_receiver.try_recv() {
+            Ok(e) => Box::pin(async move { Err(e) }),
+            Err(_) => f,
+        }
     }
 
     fn execute_returning_count<'conn, 'query, T>(
@@ -156,7 +168,7 @@ impl AsyncConnection for AsyncPgConnection {
     where
         T: QueryFragment<Self::Backend> + QueryId + 'query,
     {
-        self.with_prepared_statement(source, |conn, stmt, binds| async move {
+        let f = self.with_prepared_statement(source, |conn, stmt, binds| async move {
             let binds = binds
                 .iter()
                 .map(|b| b as &(dyn ToSql + Sync))
@@ -166,8 +178,12 @@ impl AsyncConnection for AsyncPgConnection {
                 .await
                 .map_err(ErrorHelper)?;
             Ok(res as usize)
-        })
-        .boxed()
+        });
+
+        match self.error_receiver.try_recv() {
+            Ok(e) => Box::pin(async move { Err(e) }),
+            Err(_) => f,
+        }
     }
 
     fn transaction_state(&mut self) -> &mut AnsiTransactionManager {
@@ -270,11 +286,24 @@ impl AsyncPgConnection {
 
     /// Construct a new `AsyncPgConnection` instance from an existing [`tokio_postgres::Client`]
     pub async fn try_from(conn: tokio_postgres::Client) -> ConnectionResult<Self> {
+        // We create a dummy receiver here. If the user is calling this, they have
+        // created their own client and connection and are handling any error in
+        // the latter themselves.
+        Self::try_from_with_error_receiver(conn, tokio::sync::oneshot::channel().1).await
+    }
+
+    /// Construct a new `AsyncPgConnection` instance from an existing [`tokio_postgres::Client`]
+    /// and a [`tokio::sync::oneshot::Receiver`] for receiving an error from the connection.
+    async fn try_from_with_error_receiver(
+        conn: tokio_postgres::Client,
+        error_receiver: tokio::sync::oneshot::Receiver<diesel::result::Error>,
+    ) -> ConnectionResult<Self> {
         let mut conn = Self {
             conn: Arc::new(conn),
             stmt_cache: Arc::new(Mutex::new(StmtCache::new())),
             transaction_state: Arc::new(Mutex::new(AnsiTransactionManager::default())),
             metadata_cache: Arc::new(Mutex::new(PgMetadataCache::new())),
+            error_receiver,
         };
         conn.set_config_options()
             .await
@@ -340,7 +369,7 @@ impl AsyncPgConnection {
         let metadata_cache = self.metadata_cache.clone();
         let tm = self.transaction_state.clone();
 
-        async move {
+        let f = async move {
             let sql = sql?;
             let is_safe_to_cache_prepared = is_safe_to_cache_prepared?;
             collect_bind_result?;
@@ -411,8 +440,12 @@ impl AsyncPgConnection {
             let res = callback(raw_connection, stmt.clone(), binds).await;
             let mut tm = tm.lock().await;
             update_transaction_manager_status(res, &mut tm)
+        };
+
+        match self.error_receiver.try_recv() {
+            Ok(e) => Box::pin(async move { Err(e) }),
+            Err(_) => f.boxed(),
         }
-        .boxed()
     }
 }