diff --git a/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/services/data/ProcessService.java b/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/services/data/ProcessService.java
index 4da7c8f6657..27808aa5712 100644
--- a/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/services/data/ProcessService.java
+++ b/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/services/data/ProcessService.java
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.commons.configuration.ConfigurationException;
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.join.ScoreMode;
@@ -352,11 +353,16 @@ private void enrichProcessData(Process process, boolean forIndexingAll) throws I
         if (!fileService.fileExist(metadataFilePath)) {
             logger.info("No metadata file for indexing: {}", metadataFilePath);
         } else {
-            Workpiece workpiece = ServiceManager.getMetsService().loadWorkpiece(metadataFilePath);
-            process.setNumberOfImages(getNumberOfImagesForIndex(workpiece));
-            process.setNumberOfMetadata(getNumberOfMetadata(workpiece));
-            process.setNumberOfStructures(getNumberOfStructures(workpiece));
-            process.setBaseType(getBaseType(workpiece));
+            try {
+                Workpiece workpiece = ServiceManager.getMetsService().loadWorkpiece(metadataFilePath);
+                process.setNumberOfImages(getNumberOfImagesForIndex(workpiece));
+                process.setNumberOfMetadata(getNumberOfMetadata(workpiece));
+                process.setNumberOfStructures(getNumberOfStructures(workpiece));
+                process.setBaseType(getBaseType(workpiece));
+            } catch (IllegalArgumentException | IOException e) {
+                logger.warn("Cannot read metadata file for indexing: {}", metadataFilePath);
+                logger.catching(Level.DEBUG, e);
+            }
         }
     }