diff --git a/whisper/mailserver/mailserver.go b/whisper/mailserver/mailserver.go
index d7af4baae3..184afc52b0 100644
--- a/whisper/mailserver/mailserver.go
+++ b/whisper/mailserver/mailserver.go
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ func (s *WMailServer) Init(shh *whisper.Whisper, path string, password string, p
 	}
 
 	s.db, err = leveldb.OpenFile(path, &opt.Options{OpenFilesCacheCapacity: 32})
+	if _, iscorrupted := err.(*errors.ErrCorrupted); iscorrupted {
+		db, err = leveldb.RecoverFile(path, nil)
+	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("open DB file: %s", err)
 	}