diff --git a/invenio_oaiharvester/errors.py b/invenio_oaiharvester/errors.py
index d881b2d..fa7ab01 100644
--- a/invenio_oaiharvester/errors.py
+++ b/invenio_oaiharvester/errors.py
@@ -40,3 +40,7 @@ class WrongDateCombination(InvenioOAIHarvesterError):
 
 class IdentifiersOrDates(InvenioOAIHarvesterError):
     """Identifiers cannot be used in combination with dates."""
+
+
+class InvenioOAIHarvesterConfigNotFound(InvenioOAIHarvesterError):
+    """No InvenioOAIHarvesterConfig was found."""
diff --git a/invenio_oaiharvester/utils.py b/invenio_oaiharvester/utils.py
index 0cb31ad..fd12a40 100644
--- a/invenio_oaiharvester/utils.py
+++ b/invenio_oaiharvester/utils.py
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
 from flask import current_app
 from lxml import etree
 
+from .errors import InvenioOAIHarvesterConfigNotFound
+
+
 REGEXP_OAI_ID = re.compile(r"<identifier.*?>(.*?)</identifier>", re.DOTALL)
 
 
@@ -140,7 +143,14 @@ def get_oaiharvest_object(name):
     :return: The OAIHarvestConfig object.
     """
     from .models import OAIHarvestConfig
-    return OAIHarvestConfig.query.filter_by(name=name).first()
+    obj = OAIHarvestConfig.query.filter_by(name=name).first()
+    if not obj:
+        raise InvenioOAIHarvesterConfigNotFound(
+            'Unable to find OAIHarvesterConfig obj with name %s.'
+            % name
+        )
+
+    return obj
 
 
 def check_or_create_dir(output_dir):