diff --git a/src/codeflare_sdk/utils/generate_yaml.py b/src/codeflare_sdk/utils/generate_yaml.py
index 183705642..3e692480e 100755
--- a/src/codeflare_sdk/utils/generate_yaml.py
+++ b/src/codeflare_sdk/utils/generate_yaml.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 from os import urandom
 from base64 import b64encode
 from urllib3.util import parse_url
+from kubernetes.client.exceptions import ApiException
 
 
 def read_template(template):
@@ -191,8 +192,11 @@ def get_default_kueue_name(namespace: str):
             namespace=namespace,
             plural="localqueues",
         )
-    except Exception as e:  # pragma: no cover
-        return _kube_api_error_handling(e)
+    except ApiException as e:  # pragma: no cover
+        if e.status == 404 or e.status == 403:
+            return
+        else:
+            return _kube_api_error_handling(e)
     for lq in local_queues["items"]:
         if (
             "annotations" in lq["metadata"]
@@ -201,9 +205,6 @@ def get_default_kueue_name(namespace: str):
             == "true"
         ):
             return lq["metadata"]["name"]
-    raise ValueError(
-        "Default Local Queue with kueue.x-k8s.io/default-queue: true annotation not found please create a default Local Queue or provide the local_queue name in Cluster Configuration"
-    )
 
 
 def local_queue_exists(namespace: str, local_queue_name: str):
@@ -228,7 +229,9 @@ def local_queue_exists(namespace: str, local_queue_name: str):
 
 def add_queue_label(item: dict, namespace: str, local_queue: Optional[str]):
     lq_name = local_queue or get_default_kueue_name(namespace)
-    if not local_queue_exists(namespace, lq_name):
+    if lq_name == None:
+        return
+    elif not local_queue_exists(namespace, lq_name):
         raise ValueError(
             "local_queue provided does not exist or is not in this namespace. Please provide the correct local_queue name in Cluster Configuration"
         )