diff --git a/src/LanguageLine.php b/src/LanguageLine.php
index 645222b..e790de5 100644
--- a/src/LanguageLine.php
+++ b/src/LanguageLine.php
@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@ public static function boot(): void
 
     public static function getTranslationsForGroup(string $locale, string $group): array
     {
+        // When the app uses laravel-sail the package breaks every artisan command ran outside sail context.
+        // That's beacuse artisan starts an app and registers all service providers, but the database is unavailable
+        // beacause the hostname (e.g. mysql) is unresolvable.
+        try {
+            DB::connection()->getPdo();
+        } catch (PDOException $exception) {
+            Log::error('laravel-translation-loader: Could not connect to the database, falling back to file translations');
+            return [];
+        }
+
         return Cache::rememberForever(static::getCacheKey($group, $locale), function () use ($group, $locale) {
             return static::query()
                 ->where('group', $group)