diff --git a/app/src/main/java/androidx/room/LimitOffsetDataSource.java b/app/src/main/java/androidx/room/LimitOffsetDataSource.java
index 81ba417708..d3513473af 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/androidx/room/LimitOffsetDataSource.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/androidx/room/LimitOffsetDataSource.java
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ public abstract class LimitOffsetDataSource<T> extends androidx.paging.Positiona
             @NonNull LoadInitialCallback<T> callback) {
         registerObserverIfNecessary();
         List<T> list = Collections.emptyList();
-        int totalCount;
+        int totalCount = 0;
         int firstLoadPosition = 0;
         RoomSQLiteQuery sqLiteQuery = null;
         Cursor cursor = null;
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ public abstract class LimitOffsetDataSource<T> extends androidx.paging.Positiona
                 mDb.setTransactionSuccessful();
                 list = rows;
             }
+        } catch (Throwable ex) {
+            eu.faircode.email.Log.w(ex);
         } finally {
             if (cursor != null) {
                 cursor.close();