diff --git a/adapters/v1/armo.go b/adapters/v1/armo.go
index 20db9fe..65e6441 100644
--- a/adapters/v1/armo.go
+++ b/adapters/v1/armo.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func (a *ArmoAdapter) GetCVEExceptions(ctx context.Context) (domain.CVEException
 	// retrieve workload from context
 	workload, ok := ctx.Value(domain.WorkloadKey{}).(domain.ScanCommand)
 	if !ok {
-		return nil, domain.ErrMissingWorkload
+		return nil, domain.ErrCastingWorkload
 	}
 
 	designator := armotypes.PortalDesignator{
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func (a *ArmoAdapter) SendStatus(ctx context.Context, step int) error {
 	// retrieve workload from context
 	workload, ok := ctx.Value(domain.WorkloadKey{}).(domain.ScanCommand)
 	if !ok {
-		return domain.ErrMissingWorkload
+		return domain.ErrCastingWorkload
 	}
 
 	lastAction := workload.LastAction + 1
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ func (a *ArmoAdapter) SubmitCVE(ctx context.Context, cve domain.CVEManifest, cve
 	// retrieve workload from context
 	workload, ok := ctx.Value(domain.WorkloadKey{}).(domain.ScanCommand)
 	if !ok {
-		return domain.ErrMissingWorkload
+		return domain.ErrCastingWorkload
 	}
 
 	// validate one more time the scanID before sending it to the platform
diff --git a/adapters/v1/domain_to_armo.go b/adapters/v1/domain_to_armo.go
index 75fd89c..a4c881f 100644
--- a/adapters/v1/domain_to_armo.go
+++ b/adapters/v1/domain_to_armo.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func domainToArmo(ctx context.Context, grypeDocument v1beta1.GrypeDocument, vuln
 	// retrieve workload from context
 	workload, ok := ctx.Value(domain.WorkloadKey{}).(domain.ScanCommand)
 	if !ok {
-		return vulnerabilityResults, domain.ErrMissingWorkload
+		return vulnerabilityResults, domain.ErrCastingWorkload
 	}
 
 	if grypeDocument.Source != nil {
diff --git a/core/domain/scan.go b/core/domain/scan.go
index 38e2a4d..c9d2b5a 100644
--- a/core/domain/scan.go
+++ b/core/domain/scan.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ var (
 	ErrMissingImageInfo = errors.New("missing image information")
 	ErrMissingScanID    = errors.New("missing scanID")
 	ErrMissingTimestamp = errors.New("missing timestamp")
-	ErrMissingWorkload  = errors.New("missing workload")
+	ErrCastingWorkload  = errors.New("casting workload")
 	ErrMockError        = errors.New("mock error")
 	ErrTooManyRequests  = errors.New("too many requests")
 )
diff --git a/core/services/scan.go b/core/services/scan.go
index df1cc1e..f59912d 100644
--- a/core/services/scan.go
+++ b/core/services/scan.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func (s *ScanService) GenerateSBOM(ctx context.Context) error {
 	// retrieve workload from context
 	workload, ok := ctx.Value(domain.WorkloadKey{}).(domain.ScanCommand)
 	if !ok {
-		return domain.ErrMissingWorkload
+		return domain.ErrCastingWorkload
 	}
 
 	// check if SBOM is already available
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func (s *ScanService) ScanCVE(ctx context.Context) error {
 	// retrieve workload from context
 	workload, ok := ctx.Value(domain.WorkloadKey{}).(domain.ScanCommand)
 	if !ok {
-		return domain.ErrMissingWorkload
+		return domain.ErrCastingWorkload
 	}
 	logger.L().Info("scan started",
 		helpers.String("imageSlug", workload.ImageSlug),
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ func (s *ScanService) ScanRegistry(ctx context.Context) error {
 	// retrieve workload from context
 	workload, ok := ctx.Value(domain.WorkloadKey{}).(domain.ScanCommand)
 	if !ok {
-		return domain.ErrMissingWorkload
+		return domain.ErrCastingWorkload
 	}
 	logger.L().Info("registry scan started",
 		helpers.String("imageSlug", workload.ImageSlug),
diff --git a/repositories/apiserver.go b/repositories/apiserver.go
index 0703001..b5ef885 100644
--- a/repositories/apiserver.go
+++ b/repositories/apiserver.go
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ func enrichSummaryManifestObjectAnnotations(ctx context.Context, annotations map
 
 	workload, ok := ctx.Value(domain.WorkloadKey{}).(domain.ScanCommand)
 	if !ok {
-		return nil, domain.ErrMissingWorkload
+		return nil, domain.ErrCastingWorkload
 	}
 	enrichedAnnotations[v1.WlidMetadataKey] = workload.Wlid
 	enrichedAnnotations[v1.ContainerNameMetadataKey] = workload.ContainerName
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ func enrichSummaryManifestObjectLabels(ctx context.Context, labels map[string]st
 
 	workload, ok := ctx.Value(domain.WorkloadKey{}).(domain.ScanCommand)
 	if !ok {
-		return nil, domain.ErrMissingWorkload
+		return nil, domain.ErrCastingWorkload
 	}
 
 	workloadKind := wlid.GetKindFromWlid(workload.Wlid)
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ func enrichSummaryManifestObjectLabels(ctx context.Context, labels map[string]st
 func getCVESummaryK8sResourceName(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
 	workload, ok := ctx.Value(domain.WorkloadKey{}).(domain.ScanCommand)
 	if !ok {
-		return "", domain.ErrMissingWorkload
+		return "", domain.ErrCastingWorkload
 	}
 	return workload.ImageSlug, nil
 }
diff --git a/repositories/apiserver_test.go b/repositories/apiserver_test.go
index 994bcfc..c8f5d34 100644
--- a/repositories/apiserver_test.go
+++ b/repositories/apiserver_test.go
@@ -625,6 +625,15 @@ func TestAPIServerStore_getCVESummaryK8sResourceName(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
+	testsErrorCases := []struct {
+		notWorkload any
+		err         error
+	}{
+		{
+			err: domain.ErrCastingWorkload,
+		},
+	}
+
 	for i := range tests {
 		ctx := context.WithValue(context.Background(), domain.WorkloadKey{}, tests[i].workload)
 		name, err := getCVESummaryK8sResourceName(ctx)
@@ -632,4 +641,11 @@ func TestAPIServerStore_getCVESummaryK8sResourceName(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, tests[i].workload.ImageSlug, name)
 	}
 
+	for i := range testsErrorCases {
+		ctx := context.WithValue(context.Background(), domain.WorkloadKey{}, testsErrorCases[i].notWorkload)
+		name, err := getCVESummaryK8sResourceName(ctx)
+		assert.NotEqual(t, err, nil)
+		assert.Equal(t, err, testsErrorCases[i].err)
+		assert.Equal(t, name, "")
+	}
 }