diff --git a/src/ebddocx2table/__init__.py b/src/ebddocx2table/__init__.py
index 5cee7e4..51b4567 100644
--- a/src/ebddocx2table/__init__.py
+++ b/src/ebddocx2table/__init__.py
@@ -47,12 +47,21 @@ def _get_tables_and_paragaphs(document: Document) -> Generator[Union[Table, Para
 _ebd_key_with_heading_pattern = re.compile(r"^(?P<key>E_\d{4})_(?P<title>.*)\s*$")
 
 
+class TableNotFoundError(Exception):
+    """
+    an error that is raised when a requested table was not found
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, ebd_key: str):
+        self.ebd_key = ebd_key
+
+
 def get_ebd_docx_tables(docx_file_path: Path, ebd_key: str) -> List[Table]:
     """
     Opens the file specified in docx_file_path and returns the tables that relate to the given ebd_key.
     There might be more than 1 docx table for 1 EBD table.
     This is because of inconsistencies and manual editing during creation of the documents by EDI@Energy.
-    Raises an ValueError if the table was not found.
+    Raises an TableNotFoundError if the table was not found.
     """
     if _ebd_key_pattern.match(ebd_key) is None:
         raise ValueError(f"The ebd_key '{ebd_key}' does not match {_ebd_key_pattern.pattern}")
@@ -90,7 +99,7 @@ def get_ebd_docx_tables(docx_file_path: Path, ebd_key: str) -> List[Table]:
             # break the outer loop, too; no need to iterate any further
             break
     if len(tables) == 0:
-        raise ValueError(f"EBD Table '{ebd_key}' was not found.")
+        raise TableNotFoundError(ebd_key=ebd_key)
     return tables
 
 
diff --git a/unittests/test_highlevel.py b/unittests/test_highlevel.py
index 1925d94..3404dd6 100644
--- a/unittests/test_highlevel.py
+++ b/unittests/test_highlevel.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from docx.table import Table  # type:ignore[import]
 from ebdtable2graph.models import EbdTable
 
+from ebddocx2table import TableNotFoundError
 from ebddocx2table.docxtableconverter import DocxTableConverter
 
 from . import get_all_ebd_keys, get_document, get_ebd_docx_tables
@@ -120,7 +121,9 @@ def test_extraction(self, datafiles, get_ebd_keys_and_files: List[Tuple[str, str
                     )
                     actual = converter.convert_docx_tables_to_ebd_table()
                     assert isinstance(actual, EbdTable)
-                except Exception as error:
+                except TableNotFoundError:
+                    pass  # ignore for now
+                except Exception as error:  # for everything which is _not_ a TableNotFoundError
                     # In the long run, this pokemon catcher shall be removed.
                     # For not it allows us to quickly get an overview of how well the scraping works for a single docx.
                     # Simply run the test, then see how many of the subtests pass and which are skipped.