diff --git a/Model/src/main/java/org/gusdb/wdk/model/user/dataset/irods/IrodsUserDatasetSession.java b/Model/src/main/java/org/gusdb/wdk/model/user/dataset/irods/IrodsUserDatasetSession.java
index 4e204d29b..5c1336fea 100644
--- a/Model/src/main/java/org/gusdb/wdk/model/user/dataset/irods/IrodsUserDatasetSession.java
+++ b/Model/src/main/java/org/gusdb/wdk/model/user/dataset/irods/IrodsUserDatasetSession.java
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ public Map<Long, UserDataset> getUserDatasets(Long userId)
       try {
         out.put(dsId, collectionToDataset(dsId, userId, ds));
       }
-      catch (BrokenDatasetException e) {
+      catch (BrokenDatasetException | MissingMetaException e) {
         // simply log error and omit broken dataset from list; should not be a fatal exception
         LOG.error("Found broken dataset [ID = " + dsId + "]", e);
       }
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ static Supplier<WdkModelException> missingMeta(
       final ICatNode node,
       final String   key
     ) {
-      return () -> new WdkModelException(String.format(MISSING_META,
+      return () -> new MissingMetaException(String.format(MISSING_META,
         node.getPath(), key));
     }
 
diff --git a/Model/src/main/java/org/gusdb/wdk/model/user/dataset/irods/MissingMetaException.java b/Model/src/main/java/org/gusdb/wdk/model/user/dataset/irods/MissingMetaException.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..33422c5c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Model/src/main/java/org/gusdb/wdk/model/user/dataset/irods/MissingMetaException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package org.gusdb.wdk.model.user.dataset.irods;
+
+import org.gusdb.wdk.model.WdkModelException;
+
+public class MissingMetaException extends WdkModelException {
+  public MissingMetaException(String format) {
+  }
+}