diff --git a/libs/design/scss/core/map/map-get/map-get-error.scss b/libs/design/scss/core/map/map-get/map-get-error.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d9925d5fa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/design/scss/core/map/map-get/map-get-error.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+$debug: false !default;
+
+@function map-get-error($message, $override: $debug) {
+  @if $override {
+    @return $message;
+  } @else {
+    @error $message;
+  }
+}
+
+@mixin set-debug($state: true) {
+  $debug: $state !global;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libs/design/scss/core/map/map-get/map-get.scss b/libs/design/scss/core/map/map-get/map-get.scss
index 136cd971fd..2eab9c807a 100644
--- a/libs/design/scss/core/map/map-get/map-get.scss
+++ b/libs/design/scss/core/map/map-get/map-get.scss
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 @use 'sass:map';
+@use './map-get-error';
 
 //
 // Return a the value of a nested key in a map if it exists.
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@
 @function daff-map-get($map, $keys...) {
 	@each $key in $keys {
     @if not map.has-key($map, $key) {
-      @error 'The map doesn\'t contain the $key: `#{$key}`\'';
+      @return map-get-error.map-get-error("The map doesn't contain the $key: `#{$key}`'");
     }
 		$map: map.get($map, $key);
 	}
diff --git a/libs/design/scss/core/map/map-get/map-get.spec.scss b/libs/design/scss/core/map/map-get/map-get.spec.scss
index 3cc640b6f5..484a1f5b50 100644
--- a/libs/design/scss/core/map/map-get/map-get.spec.scss
+++ b/libs/design/scss/core/map/map-get/map-get.spec.scss
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 @use 'true' as *;
 @use './map-get' as *;
+@use './map-get-error';
 
 @include describe('map-get') {
 	$nested-map: (
@@ -15,6 +16,20 @@
 		)
 	);
 
+  $deep-map: (
+    'level1': (
+      'level2': (
+        'level3': (
+          'level': 4
+        )
+      )
+    )
+  );
+
+	$empty-map: ();
+
+  @include map-get-error.set-debug(true);
+
 	@include it('returns the value of the nested key if it exists in the map') {
 		@include assert-equal(daff-map-get($map, 'nested', 'string'), '1');
 		@include assert-equal(daff-map-get($map, 'nested', 'number'), 2);
@@ -22,4 +37,24 @@
 		@include assert-equal(daff-map-get($map, 'nested', 'map', 'string'), '3');
 		@include assert-equal(daff-map-get($map, 'nested', 'map', 'number'), 4);
 	}
+
+  @include it('returns the correct value for deeply nested maps') {
+    @include assert-equal(daff-map-get($deep-map, 'level1', 'level2', 'level3', 'level'), 4);
+  }
+
+	@include it('errors if the value of the nested key does not exist in the map') {
+		@include assert-equal(
+			daff-map-get($map, 'missing'),
+			"The map doesn't contain the $key: `missing`'"
+		);
+	}
+
+	@include it('errors if the map is empty') {
+		@include assert-equal(
+			daff-map-get($empty-map, 'nested'),
+			"The map doesn't contain the $key: `nested`'"
+		);
+	}
+
+  @include map-get-error.set-debug(false);
 }