diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e315c150f..911cc17ee 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/shirou/gopsutil v2.19.11+incompatible
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1
 	github.com/termie/go-shutil v0.0.0-20140729215957-bcacb06fecae
-	github.com/threefoldtech/tfexplorer v0.2.6
+	github.com/threefoldtech/tfexplorer v0.2.7-0.20200429090008-f462f9a8d76c
 	github.com/threefoldtech/zbus v0.1.3
 	github.com/urfave/cli v1.22.3
 	github.com/vishvananda/netlink v1.0.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6a44f1b2d..efa81cd5e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -557,8 +557,8 @@ github.com/syndtr/gocapability v0.0.0-20180916011248-d98352740cb2/go.mod h1:hkRG
 github.com/termie/go-shutil v0.0.0-20140729215957-bcacb06fecae h1:vgGSvdW5Lqg+I1aZOlG32uyE6xHpLdKhZzcTEktz5wM=
 github.com/termie/go-shutil v0.0.0-20140729215957-bcacb06fecae/go.mod h1:quDq6Se6jlGwiIKia/itDZxqC5rj6/8OdFyMMAwTxCs=
 github.com/threefoldtech/tfexplorer v0.2.5/go.mod h1:TugylEDgMNKk4ZIzee9PpVmIcLNLaRLdiXuhHTt/AR0=
-github.com/threefoldtech/tfexplorer v0.2.6 h1:Jk8qA5dMVMX9YWZ8IC7zkXiOxClGy2M//OVPmwWe4Cc=
-github.com/threefoldtech/tfexplorer v0.2.6/go.mod h1:ozAe2OYR4ALp2PtyKT1A6UiTI+0ZcFU2UfUaRd1P5eE=
+github.com/threefoldtech/tfexplorer v0.2.7-0.20200429090008-f462f9a8d76c h1:5tx6tw6P2uzQCCAAsjubA7p4ozKJXV0TMedIPCbGDgk=
+github.com/threefoldtech/tfexplorer v0.2.7-0.20200429090008-f462f9a8d76c/go.mod h1:ozAe2OYR4ALp2PtyKT1A6UiTI+0ZcFU2UfUaRd1P5eE=
 github.com/threefoldtech/zbus v0.1.3 h1:18DnIzximRbATle5ZdZz0i84n/bCYB8k/gkhr2dXayc=
 github.com/threefoldtech/zbus v0.1.3/go.mod h1:ZtiRpcqzEBJetVQDsEbw0p48h/AF3O1kf0tvd30I0BU=
 github.com/threefoldtech/zos v0.2.4-rc2/go.mod h1:7A2oflcmSVsHFC4slOcydWgJyFBMFMH9wsaTRv+CnTA=
@@ -784,5 +784,4 @@ gotest.tools v2.2.0+incompatible h1:VsBPFP1AI068pPrMxtb/S8Zkgf9xEmTLJjfM+P5UIEo=
 gotest.tools v2.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:DsYFclhRJ6vuDpmuTbkuFWG+y2sxOXAzmJt81HFBacw=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20180728063816-88497007e858/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190102054323-c2f93a96b099/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
-honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190523083050-ea95bdfd59fc h1:/hemPrYIhOhy8zYrNj+069zDB68us2sMGsfkFJO0iZs=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190523083050-ea95bdfd59fc/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
diff --git a/pkg/provision/primitives/converter.go b/pkg/provision/primitives/converter.go
index 0b33bd628..2bf5ae2cb 100644
--- a/pkg/provision/primitives/converter.go
+++ b/pkg/provision/primitives/converter.go
@@ -249,6 +249,8 @@ func WorkloadToProvisionType(w workloads.ReservationWorkload) (*provision.Reserv
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
+	case nil:
+		// no content, no conversion
 	default:
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown workload type (%s) (%T)", w.Type.String(), tmp)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/provision/reservation.go b/pkg/provision/reservation.go
index 3828a09cc..f247505fb 100644
--- a/pkg/provision/reservation.go
+++ b/pkg/provision/reservation.go
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ import (
 // ReservationType type
 type ReservationType string
 
+const (
+	//NOOPReservation type
+	NOOPReservation ReservationType = "noop"
+)
+
 // Reservation struct
 type Reservation struct {
 	// ID of the reservation
diff --git a/pkg/provision/source.go b/pkg/provision/source.go
index e86ec57a7..245a734ee 100644
--- a/pkg/provision/source.go
+++ b/pkg/provision/source.go
@@ -91,6 +91,13 @@ func (s *pollSource) Reservations(ctx context.Context) <-chan *Reservation {
 					if current >= next {
 						next = current + 1
 					}
+
+					if r.Type == NOOPReservation {
+						// special type of reservation that does nothing
+						// we just ignore it here.
+						continue
+					}
+
 					ch <- r
 				}
 			}