diff --git a/notebooks/tutorials/model-training/01-data-scientist-submit-code.ipynb b/notebooks/tutorials/model-training/01-data-scientist-submit-code.ipynb
index 6063d233753..13e52c83015 100644
--- a/notebooks/tutorials/model-training/01-data-scientist-submit-code.ipynb
+++ b/notebooks/tutorials/model-training/01-data-scientist-submit-code.ipynb
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,
    "id": "0",
-   "metadata": {},
+   "metadata": {
+    "metadata": {}
+   },
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "# third party\n",
@@ -27,7 +29,9 @@
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,
    "id": "2",
-   "metadata": {},
+   "metadata": {
+    "metadata": {}
+   },
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "server = sy.orchestra.launch(name=\"mnist-torch-datasite\", dev_mode=True)\n",
@@ -46,7 +50,9 @@
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,
    "id": "4",
-   "metadata": {},
+   "metadata": {
+    "metadata": {}
+   },
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "datasets = ds_client.datasets.get_all()\n",
@@ -103,7 +109,7 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "assert isinstance(training_images.data, sy.SyftError)\n",
+    "assert training_images.data is None\n",
     "training_labels.data"
    ]
   },
diff --git a/packages/syft/src/syft/service/dataset/dataset.py b/packages/syft/src/syft/service/dataset/dataset.py
index 5ab3eb1411b..db5fe2f482f 100644
--- a/packages/syft/src/syft/service/dataset/dataset.py
+++ b/packages/syft/src/syft/service/dataset/dataset.py
@@ -289,8 +289,6 @@ def data(self) -> Any:
         if api is None or api.services is None:
             return None
         res = api.services.action.get(self.action_id)
-        if isinstance(res, str):
-            return SyftError(message=f"Could not access private data. {str(res)}")
         if self.has_permission(res):
             return res.syft_action_data
         else:
diff --git a/tests/integration/network/gateway_test.py b/tests/integration/network/gateway_test.py
index 39ddc0bad5d..fd4b9751c42 100644
--- a/tests/integration/network/gateway_test.py
+++ b/tests/integration/network/gateway_test.py
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ def test_dataset_search(set_env_var, gateway_port: int, datasite_1_port: int) ->
     assert isinstance(dataset, Dataset)
     assert len(dataset.assets) == 1
     assert isinstance(dataset.assets[0].mock, np.ndarray)
-    assert isinstance(dataset.assets[0].data, SyftError)
+    assert dataset.assets[0].data is None
 
     # search a wrong dataset should return an empty list
     wrong_search = sy.search(_random_hash())