diff --git a/ecal/core/include/ecal/msg/dynamic.h b/ecal/core/include/ecal/msg/dynamic.h
index 94f1a180dc..207c9e3284 100644
--- a/ecal/core/include/ecal/msg/dynamic.h
+++ b/ecal/core/include/ecal/msg/dynamic.h
@@ -138,8 +138,9 @@ namespace eCAL
      * @param [out] time_   Optional receive time stamp.
      * @param rcv_timeout_  Receive timeout in ms.
      *
-     * @return  True if a message could received, false otherwise.
+     * @return  std::optional which holds the value if a value could be received, and std::nullopt if it couldn't.
     **/
+    // Do we want to call error callbacks on receive? Probably not! std::expected wouuld be a good thing to return the reason why things went wrong.
     std::optional<T> Receive(long long* time_ = nullptr, int rcv_timeout_ = 0)
     {
       std::string rec_buf;
@@ -157,7 +158,14 @@ namespace eCAL
         return std::nullopt;
       }
 
-      return(m_deserializer.Deserialize(msg_, rec_buf.c_str(), rec_buf.size(), m_datatype_info_received.value()));
+      try
+      {
+        return(m_deserializer.Deserialize(rec_buf.c_str(), rec_buf.size(), m_datatype_info_received.value()));
+      }
+      catch (const DynamicReflectionException& e)
+      {
+        return std::nullopt;
+      }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -265,9 +273,9 @@ namespace eCAL
         auto msg = m_deserializer.Deserialize(data_->buf, data_->size, m_datatype_info_received.value());
         fn_callback(topic_name_, msg, data_->time, data_->clock, data_->id);
       }
-      catch (...)
+      catch (const DynamicReflectionException& e)
       {
-        CallErrorCallback("Dynamic Deserialization: Error deserializing data.");
+        CallErrorCallback(std::string("Dynamic Deserialization: Error deserializing data: ") + e.what() );
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/ecal/tests/cpp/pubsub_proto_test/CMakeLists.txt b/ecal/tests/cpp/pubsub_proto_test/CMakeLists.txt
index cc0c9af257..cc7163caf7 100644
--- a/ecal/tests/cpp/pubsub_proto_test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ecal/tests/cpp/pubsub_proto_test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME}
 )
 
 
-target_compile_features(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE cxx_std_14)
+target_compile_features(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE cxx_std_17)
 
 ecal_install_gtest(${PROJECT_NAME})
 
diff --git a/ecal/tests/cpp/pubsub_proto_test/src/proto_dyn_subscriber_test.cpp b/ecal/tests/cpp/pubsub_proto_test/src/proto_dyn_subscriber_test.cpp
index 3f17615b36..88c0116052 100644
--- a/ecal/tests/cpp/pubsub_proto_test/src/proto_dyn_subscriber_test.cpp
+++ b/ecal/tests/cpp/pubsub_proto_test/src/proto_dyn_subscriber_test.cpp
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class ProtoDynSubscriberTest : public ::testing::Test {
     pub.Send(p);
   }
 
-  void OnPerson(const char*, const google::protobuf::Message&, long long)
+  void OnPerson(const char*, const std::shared_ptr<google::protobuf::Message>&, long long)
   {
     received_callbacks++;
   }
@@ -122,12 +122,9 @@ TEST_F(core_cpp_pubsub_proto_dyn, ProtoDynSubscriberTest_SendReceive)
   SendPerson(person_pub);
   std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(100));
 
-  google::protobuf::Message* message = person_dyn_rec.getMessagePointer();
-  ASSERT_NE(message, nullptr) << "pointer returned by dynamic subscriber may not be null";
-
-  bool received = person_dyn_rec.Receive(*message, nullptr, 500);
+  auto received_message = person_dyn_rec.Receive(nullptr, 500);
   // assert that the OnPerson callback has been called once.
-  ASSERT_TRUE(received) << "we should have received data that was sent";
-  auto id = extract_id(*message);
-  ASSERT_EQ(id, 1);
+  ASSERT_TRUE(received_message.has_value()) << "we should have received data that was sent";
+  auto id = extract_id(*received_message.value());
+  ASSERT_EQ(id, 1) << "Extracted ID needs to be 1";
 }