diff --git a/pyiron_atomistics/atomistics/job/atomistic.py b/pyiron_atomistics/atomistics/job/atomistic.py
index 90736634b..dd6a88672 100644
--- a/pyiron_atomistics/atomistics/job/atomistic.py
+++ b/pyiron_atomistics/atomistics/job/atomistic.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     GenericJob as GenericJobCore,
 )
 from pyiron_snippets.deprecate import deprecate
+from pyiron_snippets.logger import logger
 
 try:
     from pyiron_base import ProjectGUI
@@ -1011,6 +1012,7 @@ def f(*args, **kwargs):
         try:
             return meth(*args, **kwargs)
         except ValueError:
+            logger.warning(f"Could not access {meth.__name__}, returning None!")
             return None
     return f