diff --git a/pkg/resources/external_table.go b/pkg/resources/external_table.go
index 2871749204..1670fcc2de 100644
--- a/pkg/resources/external_table.go
+++ b/pkg/resources/external_table.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"encoding/csv"
 	"fmt"
+	"log"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/Snowflake-Labs/terraform-provider-snowflake/pkg/snowflake"
@@ -150,8 +151,8 @@ type externalTableID struct {
 	ExternalTableName string
 }
 
-//String() takes in a externalTableID object and returns a pipe-delimited string:
-//DatabaseName|SchemaName|ExternalTableName
+// String() takes in a externalTableID object and returns a pipe-delimited string:
+// DatabaseName|SchemaName|ExternalTableName
 func (si *externalTableID) String() (string, error) {
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
 	csvWriter := csv.NewWriter(&buf)
@@ -276,7 +277,7 @@ func ReadExternalTable(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 	externalTable, err := snowflake.ScanExternalTable(row)
 	if err != nil {
 		if err.Error() == snowflake.ErrNoRowInRS {
-			fmt.Println("Good !!")
+			log.Printf("[DEBUG] external table (%s) not found", d.Id())
 			d.SetId("")
 			return nil
 		} else {
diff --git a/pkg/resources/stage.go b/pkg/resources/stage.go
index 4b407827f1..24ce166782 100644
--- a/pkg/resources/stage.go
+++ b/pkg/resources/stage.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/Snowflake-Labs/terraform-provider-snowflake/pkg/snowflake"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/schema"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/snowflakedb/gosnowflake"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -241,8 +242,15 @@ func ReadStage(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 		d.SetId("")
 		return nil
 	}
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+
+	if driverErr, ok := err.(*gosnowflake.SnowflakeError); ok {
+		// 002003 (02000): SQL compilation error:
+		// 'XXX' does not exist or not authorized.
+		if driverErr.Number == 2003 {
+			log.Printf("[DEBUG] stage (%s) not found", d.Id())
+			d.SetId("")
+			return nil
+		}
 	}
 
 	sq := snowflake.Stage(stage, dbName, schema).Show()