Crashes with couchdb error

Error message:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/indicator-weather", line 1725, in <module>
    wi = indicator_weather()
  File "/usr/bin/indicator-weather", line 800, in __init__
    self.settings.prepare_settings_store()
  File "/usr/bin/indicator-weather", line 68, in prepare_settings_store
    self.db = CouchDatabase("weatherindicator", create = True)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/desktopcouch/application/server.py", line 101, in __init__
    oauth_tokens=oauth_tokens, ctx=ctx)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/desktopcouch/application/server.py", line 75, in __init__
    oauth_tokens=oauth_tokens, ctx=ctx, views_factory=views_factory)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/desktopcouch/records/database.py", line 123, in __init__
    self._reconnect()
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/desktopcouch/application/server.py", line 85, in _reconnect
    super(DesktopDatabase, self)._reconnect(uri=uri)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/desktopcouch/records/database.py", line 145, in _reconnect
    self.db = self._server[self._database_name]
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/couchdb/client.py", line 137, in __getitem__
    db.resource.head() # actually make a request to the database
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/couchdb/http.py", line 377, in head
    return self._request('HEAD', path, headers=headers, **params)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/couchdb/http.py", line 419, in _request
    credentials=self.credentials)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/desktopcouch/records/http.py", line 259, in request
    raise ServerError((status, error))
couchdb.http.ServerError: (500, '')