diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-doiboost/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/doiboost/orcidnodoi/oaf/PublicationToOaf.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-doiboost/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/doiboost/orcidnodoi/oaf/PublicationToOaf.java
index 4d14084701..deb83723be 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-doiboost/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/doiboost/orcidnodoi/oaf/PublicationToOaf.java
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-doiboost/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/doiboost/orcidnodoi/oaf/PublicationToOaf.java
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ public class PublicationToOaf implements Serializable {
 						.getResourceAsStream(
 							"/eu/dnetlib/dhp/doiboost/orcidnodoi/mappings/typologies.json"));
 			typologiesMapping = new Gson().fromJson(tt, Map.class);
-		} catch (final Exception e) {
-			logger.error("loading typologies", e);
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			throw new RuntimeException("loading typologies", e);
 		}
 	}