diff --git a/src/api/objects/ObjectAPI.js b/src/api/objects/ObjectAPI.js
index 9e33f815c0..a0aae34ce9 100644
--- a/src/api/objects/ObjectAPI.js
+++ b/src/api/objects/ObjectAPI.js
@@ -233,7 +233,11 @@ export default class ObjectAPI {
 
             delete this.cache[keystring];
 
-            result = this.applyGetInterceptors(identifier);
+            if (!result) {
+                //no result means resource either doesn't exist or is missing
+                //otherwise it's an error, and we shouldn't apply interceptors
+                result = this.applyGetInterceptors(identifier);
+            }
 
             return result;
         });
diff --git a/src/plugins/persistence/couch/CouchDocument.js b/src/plugins/persistence/couch/CouchDocument.js
index e082698521..920793c6de 100644
--- a/src/plugins/persistence/couch/CouchDocument.js
+++ b/src/plugins/persistence/couch/CouchDocument.js
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ export default function CouchDocument(id, model, rev, markDeleted) {
             "category": "domain object",
             "type": model.type,
             "owner": "admin",
-            "name": model.name,
-            "created": Date.now()
+            "name": model.name
         },
         "model": model
     };
diff --git a/src/plugins/persistence/couch/CouchObjectProvider.js b/src/plugins/persistence/couch/CouchObjectProvider.js
index 05e022637e..754fb6d5da 100644
--- a/src/plugins/persistence/couch/CouchObjectProvider.js
+++ b/src/plugins/persistence/couch/CouchObjectProvider.js
@@ -215,6 +215,8 @@ class CouchObjectProvider {
             // Network error, CouchDB unreachable.
             if (response === null) {
                 this.indicator.setIndicatorToState(DISCONNECTED);
+                console.error(error.message);
+                throw new Error(`CouchDB Error - No response"`);
             }
 
             console.error(error.message);
@@ -379,6 +381,8 @@ class CouchObjectProvider {
         return this.request(ALL_DOCS, 'POST', query, signal).then((response) => {
             if (response && response.rows !== undefined) {
                 return response.rows.reduce((map, row) => {
+                    //row.doc === null if the document does not exist.
+                    //row.doc === undefined if the document is not found.
                     if (row.doc !== undefined) {
                         map[row.key] = this.#getModel(row.doc);
                     }
@@ -647,6 +651,7 @@ class CouchObjectProvider {
             this.objectQueue[key].pending = true;
             const queued = this.objectQueue[key].dequeue();
             let document = new CouchDocument(key, queued.model);
+            document.metadata.created = Date.now();
             this.request(key, "PUT", document).then((response) => {
                 console.log('create check response', key);
                 this.#checkResponse(response, queued.intermediateResponse, key);