diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/PatcherFactory.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/PatcherFactory.kt
index 9ca6570ff56a673ffde144b68d3f3d9c90913ef9..58dd95e9d582911a209a1173a0f58f8fac729c86 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/PatcherFactory.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/PatcherFactory.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package theodolite.patcher
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResource
+import theodolite.util.DeploymentFailedException
 import theodolite.util.PatcherDefinition
 
 /**
@@ -27,7 +28,9 @@ class PatcherFactory {
         k8sResources: List<Pair<String, KubernetesResource>>
     ): Patcher {
         val resource =
-            k8sResources.filter { it.first == patcherDefinition.resource }.map { resource -> resource.second }[0]
+            k8sResources.filter { it.first == patcherDefinition.resource }.map { resource -> resource.second }.firstOrNull()
+                ?: throw DeploymentFailedException("Could not find resource ${patcherDefinition.resource}")
+
         return when (patcherDefinition.type) {
             "ReplicaPatcher" -> ReplicaPatcher(resource)
             "NumNestedGroupsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher" -> NumNestedGroupsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher(resource)
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/DeploymentFailedException.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/DeploymentFailedException.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0e276d7de4e205a75eb309a71a793e70f7565ea4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/DeploymentFailedException.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package theodolite.util
+
+
+class DeploymentFailedException(message:String): Exception(message) {
+}
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