diff --git a/lib/geocoder/models/mongo_base.rb b/lib/geocoder/models/mongo_base.rb
index 15bbbabe848b51c99247c2339dae34b764f45b1a..58cad07aacc7b3524b4c2b5dd2834a9972d96e6f 100644
--- a/lib/geocoder/models/mongo_base.rb
+++ b/lib/geocoder/models/mongo_base.rb
@@ -44,11 +44,9 @@ module Geocoder
       end
 
       def geocoder_initialized?
-        begin
-          included_modules.include? Geocoder::Store.const_get(geocoder_module_name)
-        rescue NameError
-          false
-        end
+        included_modules.include? Geocoder::Store.const_get(geocoder_module_name)
+      rescue NameError
+        false
       end
     end
   end