2 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/common/listener.cpp b/common/listener.cpp
index 828a917..28748e5 100644
--- a/common/listener.cpp
+++ b/common/listener.cpp
@@ -416,6 +416,10 @@ Sink::Resource *Listener::loadResource()
     if (!m_resource) {
         if (Sink::ResourceFactory *resourceFactory = Sink::ResourceFactory::load(m_resourceName)) {
             m_resource = resourceFactory->createResource(m_resourceInstanceIdentifier);
+            if (!m_resource) {
+                ErrorMsg() << "Failed to instantiate the resource " << m_resourceName;
+                m_resource = new Sink::Resource;
+            }
             Trace() << QString("Resource factory: %1").arg((qlonglong)resourceFactory);
             Trace() << QString("\tResource: %1").arg((qlonglong)m_resource);
             connect(m_resource, &Sink::Resource::revisionUpdated, this, &Listener::refreshRevision);
diff --git a/examples/mailtransportresource/mailtransportresource.cpp b/examples/mailtransportresource/mailtransportresource.cpp
index 6c0f0b3..3b8dfd0 100644
--- a/examples/mailtransportresource/mailtransportresource.cpp
+++ b/examples/mailtransportresource/mailtransportresource.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ MailtransportResourceFactory::MailtransportResourceFactory(QObject *parent)
 
 Sink::Resource *MailtransportResourceFactory::createResource(const QByteArray &instanceIdentifier)
 {
+    ErrorMsg() << "The mailtransport resource has no synchronizer process: " << instanceIdentifier;
     return nullptr;
 }