diff --git a/ckanext/datajson/datajson.py b/ckanext/datajson/datajson.py
index 2e44715b..26338a01 100644
--- a/ckanext/datajson/datajson.py
+++ b/ckanext/datajson/datajson.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 from ckanext.harvest.model import HarvestObject, HarvestObjectError, HarvestObjectExtra
 from ckanext.harvest.harvesters.base import HarvesterBase
-from ckanext.datajson.exceptions import ParentNotHarvestedException
+# from ckanext.datajson.exceptions import ParentNotHarvestedException
 import uuid
 import hashlib
 import json
@@ -465,7 +465,11 @@ def is_part_of_to_package_id(self, ipo, harvest_object):
             harvest_object.save()
         except Exception:
             pass
-        raise ParentNotHarvestedException('Unable to find parent dataset. Raising error to allow re-run later')
+
+        # This 'raise' was constantly crashing our harvesting process.
+        # To better accomodate our current infrastructure, the output
+        # of this function should be validated instead.
+        # raise ParentNotHarvestedException('Unable to find parent dataset. Raising error to allow re-run later')
 
     def import_stage(self, harvest_object):
         # The import stage actually creates the dataset.
@@ -502,7 +506,10 @@ def import_stage(self, harvest_object):
                     #  check if parent is already harvested
                     parent_identifier = parent_pkg_id.replace('IPO:', '')
                     parent = self.is_part_of_to_package_id(parent_identifier, harvest_object)
-                    parent_pkg_id = parent['id']
+                    if parent is not None:
+                        parent_pkg_id = parent['id']
+                    else:
+                        return None
 
             if extra.key.startswith('catalog_'):
                 catalog_extras[extra.key] = extra.value
diff --git a/ckanext/datajson/tests/test_datajson_ckan_all_harvester.py b/ckanext/datajson/tests/test_datajson_ckan_all_harvester.py
index 5861b8f0..d1923acb 100644
--- a/ckanext/datajson/tests/test_datajson_ckan_all_harvester.py
+++ b/ckanext/datajson/tests/test_datajson_ckan_all_harvester.py
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 import json
 import logging
 
-import pytest
-
 import ckan.plugins as p
 import ckanext.harvest.model as harvest_model
 import ckanext.harvest.queue as queue
@@ -11,7 +9,6 @@
 from ckan import model
 from ckan.lib.munge import munge_title_to_name
 from ckanext.datajson.harvester_datajson import DataJsonHarvester
-from ckanext.datajson.exceptions import ParentNotHarvestedException
 from .factories import HarvestJobObj, HarvestSourceObj
 from mock import Mock, patch
 
@@ -382,8 +379,7 @@ def __init__(self, message):
         # first a child and assert to get an error
         r2 = json.dumps({"harvest_object_id": self.harvest_objects[1].id})
         r0 = FakeMethod(r2)
-        with pytest.raises(ParentNotHarvestedException):
-            queue.fetch_callback(consumer_fetch, r0, None, r2)
+        queue.fetch_callback(consumer_fetch, r0, None, r2)
         assert self.harvest_objects[1].retry_times == 1
         assert self.harvest_objects[1].state == "ERROR"
 
@@ -391,7 +387,7 @@ def __init__(self, message):
         r2 = json.dumps({"harvest_object_id": self.harvest_objects[0].id})
         r0 = FakeMethod(r2)
         queue.fetch_callback(consumer_fetch, r0, None, r2)
-        assert self.harvest_objects[0].retry_times == 1
+        assert self.harvest_objects[0].retry_times == 0
         assert self.harvest_objects[0].state == "COMPLETE"
 
         # Check status on harvest objects
@@ -476,8 +472,7 @@ def get_action(action_name):
         harvest_object.source = harvest_source
 
         harvester = DataJsonHarvester()
-        with pytest.raises(ParentNotHarvestedException):
-            harvester.is_part_of_to_package_id('custom-identifier', harvest_object)
+        assert harvester.is_part_of_to_package_id('custom-identifier', harvest_object) is None
 
         assert mock_get_action.called
 
@@ -557,8 +552,7 @@ def get_action(action_name):
         mock_get_action.side_effect = get_action
 
         harvester = DataJsonHarvester()
-        with pytest.raises(ParentNotHarvestedException):
-            harvester.is_part_of_to_package_id('identifier', None)
+        assert harvester.is_part_of_to_package_id('identifier', None) is None
 
     def test_datajson_is_part_of_package_id(self):
         url = 'http://127.0.0.1:%s/collection-1-parent-2-children.data.json' % self.mock_port
@@ -575,11 +569,9 @@ def test_datajson_is_part_of_package_id(self):
                 assert dataset['title'] == 'Employee Relations Roundtables'
 
             if content['identifier'] in ['OPM-ERround-0001-AWOL', 'OPM-ERround-0001-Retire']:
-                with pytest.raises(ParentNotHarvestedException):
-                    self.harvester.is_part_of_to_package_id(content['identifier'], harvest_object)
+                assert self.harvester.is_part_of_to_package_id(content['identifier'], harvest_object) is None
 
-        with pytest.raises(ParentNotHarvestedException):
-            self.harvester.is_part_of_to_package_id('bad identifier', harvest_object)
+        assert self.harvester.is_part_of_to_package_id('bad identifier', harvest_object) is None
 
     def test_datajson_non_federal(self):
         """ validate we get the coinfig we sent """