diff --git a/src/sqlRunner.ts b/src/sqlRunner.ts
index 5d9e9e95..ddb49b97 100644
--- a/src/sqlRunner.ts
+++ b/src/sqlRunner.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import * as path from 'path';
-import { reverse } from 'ramda';
+import { reverse, keys } from 'ramda';
 
 import * as fs from './util/fs';
 import { dbLogger } from './logger';
@@ -94,7 +94,13 @@ export function extractSqlFileInfo(filePath: string): SqlFileInfo {
 export function getDropStatement(type: string, fqon: string): string {
   const dropStatement = dropStatementsMap[type];
 
-  return dropStatement ? `${dropStatement} ${fqon}` : '';
+  if (!dropStatement) {
+    const message = `Naming convention must be one of: ${keys(dropStatementsMap)}.`;
+
+    throw new Error(`No database object type: ${type}. ${message}`);
+  }
+
+  return `${dropStatement} ${fqon}`;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/test/sqlRunner.test.ts b/test/sqlRunner.test.ts
index 462e30b2..2d267c68 100644
--- a/test/sqlRunner.test.ts
+++ b/test/sqlRunner.test.ts
@@ -64,5 +64,9 @@ describe('UTIL: sqlRunner', () => {
     it('should return DROP statement for a view', () => {
       expect(sqlRunner.getDropStatement('view', 'test.hello_world')).to.equal('DROP VIEW IF EXISTS test.hello_world');
     });
+
+    it('should throw an error if naming convention of the object is wrong', () => {
+      expect(() => sqlRunner.getDropStatement('views', 'test.hello_world')).to.throw(Error);
+    });
   });
 });