diff --git a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/redaction/service/EntityRedactionService.java b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/redaction/service/EntityRedactionService.java
index eef620e1..602df948 100644
--- a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/redaction/service/EntityRedactionService.java
+++ b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/redaction/service/EntityRedactionService.java
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ import com.iqser.red.service.redaction.v1.server.tableextraction.model.Cell;
 import com.iqser.red.service.redaction.v1.server.tableextraction.model.Table;
 
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 
+@Slf4j
 @Service
 @RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class EntityRedactionService {
@@ -113,7 +115,8 @@ public class EntityRedactionService {
     private Map<String, String> toMap(List<String> keys, List<String> values) {
 
         if (keys.size() != values.size()) {
-            throw new RuntimeException("Cannot merge lists of unequal size.");
+            log.warn("Cannot merge lists of unequal size, returning empty map.");
+            return new HashMap<>();
         }
         Map<String, String> result = new HashMap<>();
         for (int i = 0; i < keys.size(); i++) {