diff --git a/ckanext/datavic_harvester/harvesters/delwp.py b/ckanext/datavic_harvester/harvesters/delwp.py
index 86e7413..500d586 100644
--- a/ckanext/datavic_harvester/harvesters/delwp.py
+++ b/ckanext/datavic_harvester/harvesters/delwp.py
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ def _get_pkg_dict(self, harvest_object):
         metashare_dict["_uuid"] = uuid
 
         remote_pkg_name: Optional[str] = metashare_dict.get("name")
+        remote_topiccat: Optional[str] = metashare_dict.get("topiccat")
 
         full_metadata_url = (
             self.config["full_metadata_url_prefix"].format(**{"UUID": uuid})
@@ -360,12 +361,12 @@ def _get_pkg_dict(self, harvest_object):
 
         pkg_dict["title"] = metashare_dict.get("title")
         pkg_dict["notes"] = metashare_dict.get("abstract", "")
-        pkg_dict["tags"] = helpers.get_tags(metashare_dict.get("topiccat"))
+        pkg_dict["tags"] = helpers.get_tags(remote_topiccat) if remote_topiccat else []
         pkg_dict["last_updated"] = metashare_dict.get("geonet_info_changedate")
         pkg_dict["extract"] = f"{pkg_dict['notes'].split('.')[0]}..."
         pkg_dict["owner_org"] = self._get_organisation(
             self.config.get("organisation_mapping"),
-            metashare_dict.get("resowner").split(";")[0],
+            metashare_dict.get("resowner", "").split(";")[0],
             harvest_object,
         )