diff --git a/src/linkahead/utils/linkahead_admin.py b/src/linkahead/utils/linkahead_admin.py
index f7e3b8b63f18e37e6210f2aa03f34ce5b0f688d4..0ec9afe8d2f3b518c7cc78d6e083d239dcd92588 100755
--- a/src/linkahead/utils/linkahead_admin.py
+++ b/src/linkahead/utils/linkahead_admin.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ from argparse import ArgumentParser, RawDescriptionHelpFormatter
 
 import linkahead as db
 from linkahead import administration as admin
-from linkahead.exceptions import HTTPClientError
+from linkahead.exceptions import HTTPClientError, HTTPResourceNotFoundError
 
 __all__ = []
 __version__ = 0.3
@@ -50,7 +50,10 @@ def do_create_role(args):
 
 
 def do_retrieve_role(args):
-    print(admin._retrieve_role(name=args.role_name))
+    try:
+        print(admin._retrieve_role(name=args.user_name))
+    except HTTPResourceNotFoundError:
+        print(f"Error: User '{args.user_name}' does not exist.")
 
 
 def do_delete_role(args):
@@ -185,7 +188,10 @@ def do_set_user_email(args):
 
 
 def do_retrieve_user(args):
-    print(admin._retrieve_user(name=args.user_name))
+    try:
+        print(admin._retrieve_user(name=args.user_name))
+    except HTTPResourceNotFoundError:
+        print(f"Error: User '{args.user_name}' does not exist.")
 
 
 def do_delete_user(args):
@@ -193,11 +199,17 @@ def do_delete_user(args):
 
 
 def do_retrieve_user_roles(args):
-    print(admin._get_roles(username=args.user_name))
+    try:
+        print(admin._get_roles(username=args.user_name))
+    except HTTPResourceNotFoundError:
+        print(f"Error: User '{args.user_name}' does not exist.")
 
 
 def do_retrieve_role_permissions(args):
-    print(admin._get_permissions(role=args.role_name))
+    try:
+        print(admin._get_permissions(role=args.role_name))
+    except HTTPResourceNotFoundError:
+        print(f"Error: Role '{args.role_name}' does not exist.")
 
 
 def do_grant_role_permissions(args):