diff --git a/geoportal-service/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/service/engine/mongo/ProfiledMongoManager.java b/geoportal-service/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/service/engine/mongo/ProfiledMongoManager.java
index 85a9895..05bc75e 100644
--- a/geoportal-service/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/service/engine/mongo/ProfiledMongoManager.java
+++ b/geoportal-service/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/service/engine/mongo/ProfiledMongoManager.java
@@ -1292,8 +1292,8 @@ public class ProfiledMongoManager extends MongoManager implements MongoManagerI<
 				log.info("ignore_errors is {}, returning input doc {}", ignore_errors, doc.getId());
 				return doc;
 			}
-			log.info("Thrown "+ConfigurationException.class.getSimpleName()+" with message {}", filesetExc.getMessage());
-			throw new ConfigurationException(filesetExc.getMessage());
+			log.info("Thrown "+WebApplicationException.class.getSimpleName()+" with message {}", filesetExc.getMessage());
+			throw new WebApplicationException(error, Response.Status.BAD_REQUEST);
 
 		}