diff --git a/scripts/smocker/forward-smocker.sh b/scripts/smocker/forward-smocker.sh
index 8b656aa4006524bd79fa94cd507267616efe1866..a7fb507645396af8086e959a7da6380d842939f1 100755
--- a/scripts/smocker/forward-smocker.sh
+++ b/scripts/smocker/forward-smocker.sh
@@ -4,5 +4,10 @@ set -e
 
 NAMESPACE=${NAMESPACE:-by-ozg4094-dev}
 SMOCKER_POD=$(kubectl get pods -n "$NAMESPACE" | grep -E ^smocker | cut -d' ' -f1)
-
+if [[ -z "$SMOCKER_POD" ]]
+then
+  echo "No smocker pod found in namespace: $NAMESPACE"
+  exit 1
+fi
+echo "Forwarding smocker pod: $SMOCKER_POD in namespace: $NAMESPACE"
 exec kubectl port-forward "$SMOCKER_POD" 8080:8080 8081:8081
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