diff --git a/src/Plugin/dgi_migrate_alter/foxml/DgisNodesAlter.php b/src/Plugin/dgi_migrate_alter/foxml/DgisNodesAlter.php
index f52e004..2e79c9d 100644
--- a/src/Plugin/dgi_migrate_alter/foxml/DgisNodesAlter.php
+++ b/src/Plugin/dgi_migrate_alter/foxml/DgisNodesAlter.php
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ public function alter(array &$migration) {
   method: getUri
 - plugin: callback
   callable: file_get_contents
+- plugin: skip_on_empty
+  method: row
+  message: 'Failed to fetch the MODS XML.'
 - plugin: dgi_saxon_helper_migrate.process
   path: $xslt_path
 - plugin: dgi_migrate.process.xml.domstring