diff --git a/src/Component.php b/src/Component.php
index 14fb65a9..c0cc9ea1 100644
--- a/src/Component.php
+++ b/src/Component.php
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ protected function getSyncActions(): array
 
     /**
      * @return array<string, string>
+     * @throws \Keboola\Component\UserException
      */
     protected function actionDbtDocs(): array
     {
@@ -194,6 +195,7 @@ protected function actionDbtDocs(): array
         $branchId = $this->getConfig()->getBranchId();
 
         $this->artifacts->downloadLastRun($componentId, $configId, $branchId);
+        $this->artifacts->checkIfCorrectStepIsDownloaded(DbtService::COMMAND_DOCS_GENERATE);
 
         $html = $this->artifacts->readFromFile(DbtService::COMMAND_DOCS_GENERATE, 'index.html');
         $manifest = $this->artifacts->readFromFile(DbtService::COMMAND_DOCS_GENERATE, 'manifest.json');
diff --git a/src/Service/ArtifactsService.php b/src/Service/ArtifactsService.php
index faad9e9c..b2bb11a4 100644
--- a/src/Service/ArtifactsService.php
+++ b/src/Service/ArtifactsService.php
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ public function writeResults(string $projectPath, string $step): void
         $this->filesystem->mirror(sprintf('%s/target/', $projectPath), $artifactsPath);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @throws \Keboola\Component\UserException
+     */
     public function downloadLastRun(string $componentId, string $configId, string $branchId): ?int
     {
         $query = sprintf(
@@ -86,9 +89,15 @@ public function downloadLastRun(string $componentId, string $configId, string $b
         return $file['id'];
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @throws \Keboola\Component\UserException
+     */
     public function readFromFile(string $step, string $filePath): string
     {
         $file = new SplFileInfo(sprintf('%s/%s/%s', $this->getDownloadDir(), $step, $filePath));
+        if (!$file->isFile()) {
+            throw new UserException(sprintf('Missing "%s" file in downloaded artifact', $filePath));
+        }
         return (string) file_get_contents($file->getPathname());
     }
 
@@ -111,4 +120,16 @@ private function mkdir(string $path): void
             $this->filesystem->mkdir($path);
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @throws \Keboola\Component\UserException
+     */
+    public function checkIfCorrectStepIsDownloaded(string $step): void
+    {
+        $docsPath = sprintf('%s/%s', $this->getDownloadDir(), $step);
+        if (!$this->filesystem->exists($docsPath)) {
+            throw new UserException('No artifact from previous dbt docs generate found. ' .
+                'Run the component first with dbt docs generate command enabled.');
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/functionalSyncActions/run-sync-action-dbt-docs-missing-index/expected-code b/tests/functionalSyncActions/run-sync-action-dbt-docs-missing-index/expected-code
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..56a6051c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functionalSyncActions/run-sync-action-dbt-docs-missing-index/expected-code
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/functionalSyncActions/run-sync-action-dbt-docs-missing-index/expected-stderr b/tests/functionalSyncActions/run-sync-action-dbt-docs-missing-index/expected-stderr
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..12355437
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functionalSyncActions/run-sync-action-dbt-docs-missing-index/expected-stderr
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Missing "index.html" file in downloaded artifact
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/functionalSyncActions/run-sync-action-dbt-docs-missing-index/expected/data/out/files/.gitkeep b/tests/functionalSyncActions/run-sync-action-dbt-docs-missing-index/expected/data/out/files/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/tests/functionalSyncActions/run-sync-action-dbt-docs-missing-index/expected/data/out/tables/.gitkeep b/tests/functionalSyncActions/run-sync-action-dbt-docs-missing-index/expected/data/out/tables/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/tests/functionalSyncActions/run-sync-action-dbt-docs-missing-index/source/data/config.json b/tests/functionalSyncActions/run-sync-action-dbt-docs-missing-index/source/data/config.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..caf22ec2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functionalSyncActions/run-sync-action-dbt-docs-missing-index/source/data/config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "componentId": "keboola.dbt-transformation",
+  "action": "dbtDocs",
+  "parameters": {
+    "configId": "12345"
+  }
+}