diff --git a/personal_mnemonic_medium/source/document_ingester.py b/personal_mnemonic_medium/source/document_ingester.py
index 4492701a..ca6489a6 100644
--- a/personal_mnemonic_medium/source/document_ingester.py
+++ b/personal_mnemonic_medium/source/document_ingester.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+import logging
 from collections.abc import Sequence
+from dataclasses import dataclass
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Protocol
 
@@ -6,6 +8,14 @@
 
 from .document import Document
 
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class FileNotRetrievedError(Exception):
+    path: Path
+    error: Exception
+
 
 class BaseDocumentIngester(Protocol):
     def get_documents(self) -> Sequence[Document]:
@@ -16,19 +26,28 @@ class MarkdownDocumentIngester(BaseDocumentIngester):
     def __init__(self, directory: Path) -> None:
         self.directory = directory
 
-    def get_note_from_file(self, file_path: Path) -> Document:
-        with file_path.open(encoding="utf8") as f:
-            file_contents = f.read()
-
-            return Document(content=file_contents, source_path=file_path)
+    def _get_note_from_file(
+        self, file_path: Path
+    ) -> Document | FileNotRetrievedError:
+        try:
+            with file_path.open("r", encoding="utf8") as f:
+                return Document(content=f.read(), source_path=file_path)
+        except Exception as e:
+            log.warning(f"Could not retrieve {file_path}: {e}")
+            return FileNotRetrievedError(file_path, e)
 
     def get_documents(self) -> Sequence[Document]:
         md_files = list(self.directory.rglob("*.md"))
 
-        notes: list[Document] = []
+        notes: list[Document | FileNotRetrievedError] = []
+
         with tqdm(total=len(md_files)) as pbar:
             for filepath in md_files:
-                notes.append(self.get_note_from_file(filepath))
+                notes.append(self._get_note_from_file(filepath))
                 pbar.update(1)
 
-        return notes
+        return [
+            note
+            for note in notes
+            if not isinstance(note, FileNotRetrievedError)
+        ]
diff --git a/personal_mnemonic_medium/source/test_document_ingester.py b/personal_mnemonic_medium/source/test_document_ingester.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c67447de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/personal_mnemonic_medium/source/test_document_ingester.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import logging
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+from .document_ingester import MarkdownDocumentIngester
+
+
+class TestMarkdownIngester:
+    def test_happy_path(self, tmp_path: Path):
+        with (tmp_path / "test.md").open("w") as f:
+            f.write(
+                """# Hello World\n
+    #anki/tag/test_tag #anki/tag/test_tag2 <!-- #comment_tag -->
+    """
+            )
+
+        documents = MarkdownDocumentIngester(directory=tmp_path).get_documents()
+
+        assert len(documents) == 1
+        document = documents[0]
+        assert document.title == "test"
+        assert document.tags == [
+            "anki/tag/test_tag",
+            "anki/tag/test_tag2",
+            "comment_tag",
+        ]
+
+    def test_should_log_error_if_file_not_retrieved(
+        self, tmp_path: Path, caplog: pytest.LogCaptureFixture
+    ):
+        caplog.set_level(logging.WARNING)
+
+        (tmp_path / "succesful.md").write_text("""# I should succeed""")
+
+        failed_path = tmp_path / "failed.md"
+        failed_path.write_text("""# I should fail""")
+        # Change permission to write only
+        # Removing read and execute permissions for owner, group and others
+        failed_path.chmod(0o200)
+
+        MarkdownDocumentIngester(directory=tmp_path)._get_note_from_file(  # type: ignore[PrivateMethodUsage]
+            Path("I do not exist")
+        )
+        assert "I do not exist" in caplog.records[0].message
diff --git a/personal_mnemonic_medium/source/test_ingester_markdown.py b/personal_mnemonic_medium/source/test_ingester_markdown.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 1747312c..00000000
--- a/personal_mnemonic_medium/source/test_ingester_markdown.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-from pathlib import Path
-
-from .document_ingester import MarkdownDocumentIngester
-
-
-def test_markdown_document_ingester(tmpdir: Path):
-    ingester = MarkdownDocumentIngester(directory=Path(tmpdir))
-
-    with (Path(tmpdir) / "test.md").open("w") as f:
-        f.write(
-            """# Hello World\n
-#anki/tag/test_tag #anki/tag/test_tag2 <!-- #comment_tag -->
-"""
-        )
-
-    documents = ingester.get_documents()
-    assert len(documents) == 1
-    document = documents[0]
-    assert document.title == "test"
-    assert document.tags == [
-        "anki/tag/test_tag",
-        "anki/tag/test_tag2",
-        "comment_tag",
-    ]