diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/StartpageController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/StartpageController.php
index b7f8608de80b78aa2d3954ff3f1cc8befb797632..aeab97a45fea6967f12fae8f5f09406d84305b67 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/StartpageController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/StartpageController.php
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Jenssegers\Agent\Agent;
 use LaravelLocalization;
 use Response;
+use DB;
+use Log;
 
 class StartpageController extends Controller
 {
@@ -41,6 +43,14 @@ class StartpageController extends Controller
         if ($lang === 'de' || $lang === "en") {
             $lang = 'all';
         }
+        
+        # Sponsorenlinks
+        $sponsors = [];
+        try{
+            $sponsors = DB::table('sponsorenlinks')->where('langcode', 'de')->orderByRaw('LENGTH(linktext)', 'ASC')->get();
+        } catch(\Illuminate\Database\QueryException $e){
+            Log::info($e);
+        }
 
         return view('index')
             ->with('title', trans('titles.index'))
@@ -52,6 +62,7 @@ class StartpageController extends Controller
             ->with('request', $request->input('request', 'GET'))
             ->with('option_values', $option_values)
             ->with('autocomplete', $autocomplete)
+            ->with('sponsors', $sponsors)
             ->with('pluginmodal', $request->input('plugin-modal', 'off'));
     }
 
diff --git a/resources/views/index.blade.php b/resources/views/index.blade.php
index b05c226dfc9c962b3f60747f889cb4c5def82548..5d03366064cd69f3056e22e82fc9ae0db3d1f787 100644
--- a/resources/views/index.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/index.blade.php
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 		<div id="sponsors">
 			<h2>{{ trans('index.sponsors.head.2') }}</h2>
 			<ul class="startpage">
-				@foreach(DB::table('sponsorenlinks')->where('langcode', 'de')->orderByRaw('LENGTH(linktext)', 'ASC')->get() as $link)
+				@foreach($sponsors as $link)
 				<li class="sponsor">
 					<a href="{{ $link->link }}" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><p>{{ $link->linktext }}</p> <i class="fa fa-external-link"></i></a>
 				</li>