diff --git a/create_db.py b/create_db.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2c1c6f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/create_db.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+from sqlalchemy.schema import CreateIndex, CreateTable
+
+from matcher import database, model
+
+DB_URL = "postgresql:///matcher"
+database.init_db(DB_URL)
+
+
+def create_db():
+    model.Base.metadata.create_all(database.session.get_bind())
+
+
+def print_create_table(classes):
+    database.init_db(DB_URL)
+
+    engine = database.session.get_bind()
+
+    for cls in classes:
+        sql = str(CreateTable(cls.__table__).compile(engine))
+        print(sql.strip() + ";")
+
+        for index in cls.__table__.indexes:
+            sql = str(CreateIndex(index).compile(engine))
+            print(sql.strip() + ";")
+
+
+# print_create_table([model.ItemIsA])
+# print_create_table([model.EditSession])
+# print_create_table([model.Changeset, model.ChangesetEdit, model.SkipIsA])
+# print_create_table([model.User])
+# print_create_table([model.Extract])
+
+create_db()
diff --git a/matcher/nominatim.py b/matcher/nominatim.py
index f065625..4717139 100644
--- a/matcher/nominatim.py
+++ b/matcher/nominatim.py
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ def lookup_with_params(**kwargs: str) -> list[Hit]:
     r = requests.get(url, params=params, headers=user_agent_headers())
     if r.status_code == 500:
         raise SearchError
+    if r.status_code == 403:
+        raise SearchError("Nominatim returned 403 Forbidden")
 
     try:
         reply: list[Hit] = json.loads(r.text, object_pairs_hook=OrderedDict)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 35585c9..1a601c3 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
-flask==3.0.3
--e git+https://github.com/maxcountryman/flask-login.git@26d12eaa99a18fc91e662ef0c8466245b8865c1c#egg=Flask-Login
-GeoIP==1.3.2
-lxml==5.3.0
-maxminddb==2.6.2
-requests==2.32.3
-sqlalchemy==2.0.32
-requests_oauthlib==2.0.0
-geoalchemy2==0.15.2
-simplejson==3.19.3
-user_agents==2.2.0
-num2words==0.5.13
-psycopg2==2.9.9
-
+flask
+-e git+https://github.com/maxcountryman/flask-login.git#egg=Flask-Login
+GeoIP
+lxml
+maxminddb
+requests
+sqlalchemy
+requests_oauthlib
+geoalchemy2
+simplejson
+user_agents
+num2words
+psycopg2
diff --git a/web_view.py b/web_view.py
index 16049b3..f8147d8 100755
--- a/web_view.py
+++ b/web_view.py
@@ -653,7 +653,10 @@ def api_missing_wikidata_items():
 @app.route("/api/1/search")
 def api_search():
     q = flask.request.args["q"]
-    hits = nominatim.lookup(q)
+    try:
+        hits = nominatim.lookup(q)
+    except nominatim.SearchError as e:
+        return cors_jsonify({"success": False, "error": str(e)}, 503)
     for hit in hits:
         hit["name"] = nominatim.get_hit_name(hit)
         hit["label"] = nominatim.get_hit_label(hit)