diff --git a/java-keyring/src/main/java/com/github/javakeyring/internal/freedesktop/FreedesktopKeyringBackend.java b/java-keyring/src/main/java/com/github/javakeyring/internal/freedesktop/FreedesktopKeyringBackend.java
index d205391..4b5b0d8 100755
--- a/java-keyring/src/main/java/com/github/javakeyring/internal/freedesktop/FreedesktopKeyringBackend.java
+++ b/java-keyring/src/main/java/com/github/javakeyring/internal/freedesktop/FreedesktopKeyringBackend.java
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ public class FreedesktopKeyringBackend implements KeyringBackend {
   public FreedesktopKeyringBackend() throws BackendNotSupportedException {
     try {
       collection = new SimpleCollection();
+      if (!collection.isConnected()) {
+        throw new BackendNotSupportedException("Error connecting to dbus");
+      }
     } catch (IOException ex) {
       throw new BackendNotSupportedException("Error connecting to dbus", ex);
     }
diff --git a/java-keyring/src/main/java/com/github/javakeyring/internal/freedesktop/SimpleCollection.java b/java-keyring/src/main/java/com/github/javakeyring/internal/freedesktop/SimpleCollection.java
index 8efebb8..57f0c2b 100755
--- a/java-keyring/src/main/java/com/github/javakeyring/internal/freedesktop/SimpleCollection.java
+++ b/java-keyring/src/main/java/com/github/javakeyring/internal/freedesktop/SimpleCollection.java
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ public SimpleCollection() throws IOException {
     unlock();
   }
 
+  public boolean isConnected() {
+    return this.session.getConnection().isConnected();
+  }
+
   /*
    * A user specified collection.
    *
diff --git a/java-keyring/src/main/java/com/github/javakeyring/internal/kde/KWalletBackend.java b/java-keyring/src/main/java/com/github/javakeyring/internal/kde/KWalletBackend.java
index b127156..91bebe4 100644
--- a/java-keyring/src/main/java/com/github/javakeyring/internal/kde/KWalletBackend.java
+++ b/java-keyring/src/main/java/com/github/javakeyring/internal/kde/KWalletBackend.java
@@ -47,14 +47,6 @@ public class KWalletBackend implements KeyringBackend {
 
   public KWalletBackend() throws BackendNotSupportedException {
     try {
-    //  connection = DBusConnectionBuilder.forAddress(BusAddress.of(System.getProperty("DBUS_TCP_SESSION")))
-    //         .withRegisterSelf(true)
-    //         .withShared(true)
-    //         .transportConfig()
-    //             .withAdditionalConfig("TIMEOUT", 10000)
-    //         .back()
-    //         .build();
-
       connection = DBusConnectionBuilder.forSessionBus().build();
       wallet = connection.getRemoteObject("org.kde.kwalletd5", "/modules/kwalletd5", KWallet.class, true);
       wallet.localWallet(); //attempt connection to wallet
diff --git a/java-keyring/src/test/java/com/github/javakeyring/internal/KeyringBackendFactoryTest.java b/java-keyring/src/test/java/com/github/javakeyring/internal/KeyringBackendFactoryTest.java
index f7fad93..e5cf7ed 100644
--- a/java-keyring/src/test/java/com/github/javakeyring/internal/KeyringBackendFactoryTest.java
+++ b/java-keyring/src/test/java/com/github/javakeyring/internal/KeyringBackendFactoryTest.java
@@ -27,18 +27,24 @@
 package com.github.javakeyring.internal;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.catchThrowable;
+import static org.junit.Assume.assumeTrue;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import com.github.javakeyring.BackendNotSupportedException;
+import com.github.javakeyring.internal.freedesktop.FreedesktopKeyringBackend;
+import com.github.javakeyring.internal.kde.KWalletBackend;
+import com.sun.jna.Platform;
+
 
 public class KeyringBackendFactoryTest {
 
   @Test
   public void testKeyringBackendFactory() throws BackendNotSupportedException {
-    assertThatThrownBy(() -> KeyringBackendFactory.create(null)).isInstanceOf(BackendNotSupportedException.class);
-    assertThat(KeyringBackendFactory.create()).isNotNull();
+    assumeTrue(Platform.isLinux());
+    assumeTrue(catchThrowable(KWalletBackend::new) instanceof BackendNotSupportedException);
+    assertThat(catchThrowable(FreedesktopKeyringBackend::new)).as("Setup should succeed").doesNotThrowAnyException();
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/java-keyring/src/test/java/com/github/javakeyring/kde/KWalletBackendTest.java b/java-keyring/src/test/java/com/github/javakeyring/kde/KWalletBackendTest.java
index 2411320..8bea9c2 100644
--- a/java-keyring/src/test/java/com/github/javakeyring/kde/KWalletBackendTest.java
+++ b/java-keyring/src/test/java/com/github/javakeyring/kde/KWalletBackendTest.java
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 import com.github.javakeyring.Keyring;
 import com.github.javakeyring.KeyringStorageType;
 import com.github.javakeyring.PasswordAccessException;
-import com.github.javakeyring.internal.KeyringBackend;
 import com.github.javakeyring.internal.freedesktop.FreedesktopKeyringBackend;
 import com.github.javakeyring.internal.kde.KWalletBackend;
 import com.sun.jna.Platform;
@@ -64,18 +63,20 @@ public void testSetup() throws Exception {
    */
   @Test
   public void testPasswordFlow() throws Exception {
-    assumeTrue(Platform.isLinux() && Keyring.create().getKeyringStorageType() == KeyringStorageType.KWALLET);
-    KeyringBackend backend = new KWalletBackend();
-    catchThrowable(() -> backend.deletePassword(SERVICE, ACCOUNT));
-    checkExistenceOfPasswordEntry(backend);
-    backend.setPassword(SERVICE, ACCOUNT, PASSWORD);
-    assertThat(backend.getPassword(SERVICE, ACCOUNT)).isEqualTo(PASSWORD);
-    backend.deletePassword(SERVICE, ACCOUNT);
-    assertThatThrownBy(() -> backend.getPassword(SERVICE, ACCOUNT)).isInstanceOf(PasswordAccessException.class);
+    assumeTrue(Platform.isLinux());
+    assumeTrue(catchThrowable(KWalletBackend::new) == null);
+    Keyring keyring = Keyring.create();
+    assertThat(keyring.getKeyringStorageType()).isEqualTo(KeyringStorageType.KWALLET);
+    catchThrowable(() -> keyring.deletePassword(SERVICE, ACCOUNT));
+    checkExistenceOfPasswordEntry(keyring);
+    keyring.setPassword(SERVICE, ACCOUNT, PASSWORD);
+    assertThat(keyring.getPassword(SERVICE, ACCOUNT)).isEqualTo(PASSWORD);
+    keyring.deletePassword(SERVICE, ACCOUNT);
+    assertThatThrownBy(() -> keyring.getPassword(SERVICE, ACCOUNT)).isInstanceOf(PasswordAccessException.class);
   }
 
-  private static void checkExistenceOfPasswordEntry(KeyringBackend backend) {
-    assertThatThrownBy(() -> backend.getPassword(SERVICE, ACCOUNT))
+  private static void checkExistenceOfPasswordEntry(Keyring keyring) {
+    assertThatThrownBy(() -> keyring.getPassword(SERVICE, ACCOUNT))
             .as("Please remove password entry '%s' " + "by using Keychain Access before running the tests", SERVICE)
             .isNotNull();
   }