diff --git a/scheduler/OStoreDB/OStoreDB.cpp b/scheduler/OStoreDB/OStoreDB.cpp
index f10517f237b9866e5a0c9ebf1ba3f99258814da3..d594b8e918ea54c39446b0d7b3ee8c34ca421e47 100644
--- a/scheduler/OStoreDB/OStoreDB.cpp
+++ b/scheduler/OStoreDB/OStoreDB.cpp
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ std::list<cta::common::dataStructures::ArchiveJob>
     }
     return ret;
   }
-  throw NoSuchArchiveQueue("In OStoreDB::getArchiveRequests: tape pool not found");
+  return std::list<cta::common::dataStructures::ArchiveJob>();
 }
 
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