diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/sources/GitHubLocationSource.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/sources/GitHubLocationSource.ts
index a16cc9ae56..ac0a2faa23 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/sources/GitHubLocationSource.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/sources/GitHubLocationSource.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export class GitHubLocationSource implements LocationSource {
         blobKeyword !== 'blob' ||
         !restOfPath.join('/').match(/\.yaml$/)
       ) {
-        throw new Error();
+        throw new Error('Wrong GitHub URL');
       }
 
       // Removing the "blob" part