diff --git a/hibernate5/src/test/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/multitenancy/schema/SchemaMultiTenantConnectionProvider.java b/hibernate5/src/test/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/multitenancy/schema/SchemaMultiTenantConnectionProvider.java
index 5045c3ee8e..601eba651c 100644
--- a/hibernate5/src/test/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/multitenancy/schema/SchemaMultiTenantConnectionProvider.java
+++ b/hibernate5/src/test/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/multitenancy/schema/SchemaMultiTenantConnectionProvider.java
@@ -8,12 +8,15 @@ import java.util.Properties;
 import org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.connections.internal.DriverManagerConnectionProviderImpl;
 import org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.connections.spi.AbstractMultiTenantConnectionProvider;
 import org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.connections.spi.ConnectionProvider;
-import org.junit.Assert;
 
 @SuppressWarnings("serial")
 public class SchemaMultiTenantConnectionProvider extends AbstractMultiTenantConnectionProvider {
 
-    private final ConnectionProvider connectionProvider = initConnectionProvider();
+    private final ConnectionProvider connectionProvider;
+
+    public SchemaMultiTenantConnectionProvider() throws IOException {
+        connectionProvider = initConnectionProvider();
+    }
 
     @Override
     protected ConnectionProvider getAnyConnectionProvider() {
@@ -33,13 +36,9 @@ public class SchemaMultiTenantConnectionProvider extends AbstractMultiTenantConn
         return connection;
     }
 
-    private ConnectionProvider initConnectionProvider() {
+    private ConnectionProvider initConnectionProvider() throws IOException {
         Properties properties = new Properties();
-        try {
-            properties.load(getClass().getResourceAsStream("/hibernate-schema-multitenancy.properties"));
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            Assert.fail("Error loading resource. Cause: " + e.getMessage());
-        }
+        properties.load(getClass().getResourceAsStream("/hibernate-schema-multitenancy.properties"));
 
         DriverManagerConnectionProviderImpl connectionProvider = new DriverManagerConnectionProviderImpl();
         connectionProvider.configure(properties);