diff --git a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/managers/DashBoardManager.java b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/managers/DashBoardManager.java
index e87c74dc8..0d5b81e06 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/managers/DashBoardManager.java
+++ b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/managers/DashBoardManager.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import eu.eudat.models.data.dashboard.searchbar.SearchBarItem;
 import eu.eudat.models.data.dashboard.statistics.DashBoardStatistics;
 import eu.eudat.models.data.security.Principal;
 import eu.eudat.types.searchbar.SearchBarItemType;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 @Component
 public class DashBoardManager {
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DashBoardManager.class);
 
     private ApiContext apiContext;
     private DatabaseRepository databaseRepository;
@@ -87,10 +90,15 @@ public class DashBoardManager {
         user.setId(principal.getId());
         DatasetCriteria datasetCriteria = new DatasetCriteria();
         if (apiContext.getOperationsContext().getDatasetRepository() != null) {
-            eu.eudat.elastic.criteria.DatasetCriteria datasetElasticCriteria = new eu.eudat.elastic.criteria.DatasetCriteria();
-            datasetElasticCriteria.setAllowAllVersions(false);
-            datasetElasticCriteria.setPublic(false);
-            datasets = apiContext.getOperationsContext().getDatasetRepository().query(datasetElasticCriteria);
+            try {
+                eu.eudat.elastic.criteria.DatasetCriteria datasetElasticCriteria = new eu.eudat.elastic.criteria.DatasetCriteria();
+                datasetElasticCriteria.setAllowAllVersions(false);
+                datasetElasticCriteria.setPublic(false);
+                datasets = apiContext.getOperationsContext().getDatasetRepository().query(datasetElasticCriteria);
+            }catch (Exception e) {
+                logger.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
+                datasets = null;
+            }
         }
         datasetCriteria.setAllVersions(false);
         datasetCriteria.setIsPublic(false);
@@ -102,7 +110,7 @@ public class DashBoardManager {
         CompletableFuture dmpFuture = dataManagementPlanRepository.getAuthenticated(dataManagementPlanRepository.getWithCriteria(dataManagementPlanCriteria), principal.getId(), roles).countAsync()
                 .whenComplete((dmpsStats, throwable) -> statistics.setTotalDataManagementPlanCount(dmpsStats));
         List<eu.eudat.elastic.entities.Dataset> finalDatasets = datasets;
-        CompletableFuture datasetFuture = datasetRepository.getAuthenticated(datasets !=null ? datasetRepository.asQueryable().where((builder, root) -> root.get("id").in(finalDatasets.stream().map(x -> UUID.fromString(x.getId())).collect(Collectors.toList()))) : datasetRepository.getWithCriteria(datasetCriteria), user, roles).countAsync()
+        CompletableFuture datasetFuture = datasetRepository.getAuthenticated(datasets != null ? datasetRepository.asQueryable().where((builder, root) -> root.get("id").in(finalDatasets.stream().map(x -> UUID.fromString(x.getId())).collect(Collectors.toList()))) : datasetRepository.getWithCriteria(datasetCriteria), user, roles).countAsync()
                                                            .whenComplete((datasetsStats, throwable) -> statistics.setTotalDataSetCount(datasetsStats));
         CompletableFuture grantFuture = grantRepository.getAuthenticated(grantRepository.getWithCriteria(grantCriteria), user).countAsync()
                 .whenComplete((grantsStats, throwable) -> statistics.setTotalGrantCount(grantsStats));