diff --git a/pkg/provision/explorer/source.go b/pkg/provision/explorer/source.go
index 56b1ca63c..b6a398399 100644
--- a/pkg/provision/explorer/source.go
+++ b/pkg/provision/explorer/source.go
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 package explorer
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"sort"
 
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
+
 	"github.com/threefoldtech/tfexplorer/client"
 	"github.com/threefoldtech/zos/pkg"
 	"github.com/threefoldtech/zos/pkg/provision"
+	"github.com/threefoldtech/zos/pkg/provision/primitives"
 )
 
 // Poller is an implementation of the provision.ReservationPoller
@@ -41,6 +45,10 @@ func (r *Poller) Poll(nodeID pkg.Identifier, from uint64) ([]*provision.Reservat
 	for _, wl := range list {
 		r, err := r.inputConv(wl)
 		if err != nil {
+			if errors.Is(err, primitives.ErrUnsupportedWorkload) {
+				log.Warn().Err(err).Msgf("received unsupported workload, skipping")
+				continue
+			}
 			return nil, 0, err
 		}
 
diff --git a/pkg/provision/explorer/source_test.go b/pkg/provision/explorer/source_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..de8392f48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/provision/explorer/source_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package explorer
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+
+	"github.com/threefoldtech/tfexplorer/client"
+	"github.com/threefoldtech/tfexplorer/models/generated/workloads"
+	wrklds "github.com/threefoldtech/tfexplorer/pkg/workloads"
+	"github.com/threefoldtech/tfexplorer/schema"
+	"github.com/threefoldtech/zos/pkg"
+	"github.com/threefoldtech/zos/pkg/provision/primitives"
+)
+
+type clientMock struct {
+	workloads []workloads.ReservationWorkload
+}
+
+func (c *clientMock) Create(reservation workloads.Reservation) (resp wrklds.ReservationCreateResponse, err error) {
+	return
+}
+func (c *clientMock) List(nextAction *workloads.NextActionEnum, customerTid int64, page *client.Pager) (reservation []workloads.Reservation, err error) {
+	return
+}
+func (c *clientMock) Get(id schema.ID) (reservation workloads.Reservation, err error) {
+	return
+}
+func (c *clientMock) SignProvision(id schema.ID, user schema.ID, signature string) error {
+	return nil
+}
+func (c *clientMock) SignDelete(id schema.ID, user schema.ID, signature string) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c *clientMock) Workloads(nodeID string, from uint64) ([]workloads.ReservationWorkload, uint64, error) {
+	return c.workloads, 0, nil
+}
+func (c *clientMock) WorkloadGet(gwid string) (result workloads.ReservationWorkload, err error) {
+	return
+}
+func (c *clientMock) WorkloadPutResult(nodeID, gwid string, result workloads.Result) error {
+	return nil
+}
+func (c *clientMock) WorkloadPutDeleted(nodeID, gwid string) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func TestSkipUnsupportedType(t *testing.T) {
+	type UnsupportedWorkload struct{}
+
+	client := &clientMock{
+		workloads: []workloads.ReservationWorkload{
+			{
+				Content: workloads.Container{},
+			},
+			{
+				Content: UnsupportedWorkload{},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	p := &Poller{
+		wl:        client,
+		inputConv: primitives.WorkloadToProvisionType,
+	}
+
+	result, _, err := p.Poll(pkg.StrIdentifier(""), 0)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(result))
+}
diff --git a/pkg/provision/primitives/converter.go b/pkg/provision/primitives/converter.go
index 800424925..216913ed5 100644
--- a/pkg/provision/primitives/converter.go
+++ b/pkg/provision/primitives/converter.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/threefoldtech/tfexplorer/models/generated/workloads"
 	"github.com/threefoldtech/tfexplorer/schema"
 	"github.com/threefoldtech/zos/pkg"
@@ -16,6 +17,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/threefoldtech/zos/pkg/provision"
 )
 
+// ErrUnsupportedWorkload is return when a workload of a type not supported by
+// provisiond is received from the explorer
+var ErrUnsupportedWorkload = errors.New("workload type not supported")
+
 // ContainerToProvisionType converts TfgridReservationContainer1 to Container
 func ContainerToProvisionType(c workloads.Container, reservationID string) (Container, string, error) {
 	container := Container{
@@ -259,7 +264,7 @@ func WorkloadToProvisionType(w workloads.ReservationWorkload) (*provision.Reserv
 			return nil, err
 		}
 	default:
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown workload type (%s) (%T)", w.Type.String(), tmp)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w (%s) (%T)", ErrUnsupportedWorkload, w.Type.String(), tmp)
 	}
 
 	reservation.Data, err = json.Marshal(data)