diff --git a/lib/Builder.js b/lib/Builder.js
index e0ceb1814..db3883b62 100644
--- a/lib/Builder.js
+++ b/lib/Builder.js
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ saved
                     );
                 })
             );
-            if (result && type === result[0].type) {
+            if (result && type === result[0]?.type) {
+                // result elements can be undefined for each key that we did not find
                 this.metadata[type] = result.filter(Boolean).map((element) => element.metadata);
             }
         } catch (ex) {
diff --git a/lib/metadataTypes/MetadataType.js b/lib/metadataTypes/MetadataType.js
index 1a4bf6516..ea0584364 100644
--- a/lib/metadataTypes/MetadataType.js
+++ b/lib/metadataTypes/MetadataType.js
@@ -1958,23 +1958,17 @@ class MetadataType {
                     ex
                 );
             } catch {
-                throw new Error(
-                    `${this.definition.type}:: Could not find ./${File.normalizePath([
-                        templateDir,
-                        ...typeDirArr,
-                        fileName + '.json',
-                    ])}.`
+                // only happening for types that use readSecondaryFolder (e.g. asset)
+                // if we still have no metadataStr then we have to skip this metadata for all types and hence handle it outside of this catch
+            }
+            if (!metadataStr) {
+                Util.logger.warn(
+                    Util.getGrayMsg(
+                        `- skipped ${this.definition.type} ${templateName}: template not found`
+                    )
                 );
+                return;
             }
-            // return;
-        }
-        if (!metadataStr) {
-            Util.logger.info(
-                Util.getGrayMsg(
-                    `- skipped ${this.definition.type} ${templateName}: template not found`
-                )
-            );
-            return;
         }
 
         let metadata;