diff --git a/src/Soil-Core/SoilBackupVisitor.class.st b/src/Soil-Core/SoilBackupVisitor.class.st
index c87191db..6d66f660 100644
--- a/src/Soil-Core/SoilBackupVisitor.class.st
+++ b/src/Soil-Core/SoilBackupVisitor.class.st
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ SoilBackupVisitor >> copyIndexAt: indexId segment: segmentId [
 	sourceSegment := source objectRepository segmentAt: segmentId.
 	sourceIndex := sourceSegment indexManager 
 		loadIndexWithId: indexId 
-		ifNone: [ Error signal: 'cannot find index with id ', indexId printString ].
+		ifNone: [ ^ self indexNotFound: indexId ].
 	
 	"create an index of same kind and configuration in the target database"
 	targetSegment := target objectRepository segmentAt: segmentId.
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ SoilBackupVisitor >> copyIndexAt: indexId segment: segmentId [
 		close.
 ]
 
+{ #category : #visiting }
+SoilBackupVisitor >> indexNotFound: indexId [ 
+	 Error signal: 'cannot find index with id ', indexId printString
+]
+
 { #category : #initialization }
 SoilBackupVisitor >> initialize [ 
 	super initialize.