String url = null;
try {
    if (SystemProperty.environment.value() == SystemProperty.Environment.Value.Production) {
        Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.GoogleDriver");
        url = "jdbc:google:mysql://APP_ENGINE_ID:SQL_INSTANCE_NAME/DB_NAME?user=root";
    } else {
        Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
        url = "jdbc:mysql://MY_IPV4_ADDRESS:3306/DB_NAME?user=root";
    }
} catch (Exception e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}

try {
    //THIS is where it crashes
    conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url);
    try {
        String query = "SELECT * FROM UserTable";
        Statement st = conn.createStatement();
        ResultSet rs = st.executeQuery(query);
        while (rs.next())
        {
            //Code
        }
        st.close();
    } finally {
        conn.close();
    }
} catch (SQLException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}