diff --git a/pkg/dal/issues.go b/pkg/dal/issues.go
index 12a8bb96c..58132fe84 100644
--- a/pkg/dal/issues.go
+++ b/pkg/dal/issues.go
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package dal
 
+import "go.uber.org/zap"
+
 type (
 	issue struct {
 		kind issueKind
@@ -118,6 +120,13 @@ func (a *issueHelper) mergeWith(b *issueHelper) {
 // Op check utils
 func (svc *service) canOpData(ref ModelRef) (err error) {
 	if svc.hasConnectionIssues(ref.ConnectionID) {
+		for _, i := range svc.connectionIssues[ref.ConnectionID] {
+			svc.logger.Debug(
+				"can not perform data operation due to connection issue: "+i.err.Error(),
+				zap.Any("ref", ref.ResourceID),
+			)
+		}
+
 		return errRecordOpProblematicConnection(ref.ConnectionID)
 	}
 
@@ -127,6 +136,13 @@ func (svc *service) canOpData(ref ModelRef) (err error) {
 	}
 
 	if svc.hasModelIssues(mod.ResourceID) {
+		for _, i := range svc.modelIssues[mod.ResourceID] {
+			svc.logger.Debug(
+				"can not perform data operation due to model issue: "+i.err.Error(),
+				zap.Any("ref", ref.ResourceID),
+			)
+		}
+
 		return errRecordOpProblematicModel(mod.ResourceID)
 	}
 
diff --git a/store/adapters/rdbms/drivers/sqlite/connect.go b/store/adapters/rdbms/drivers/sqlite/connect.go
index e9d117af0..00d1e647c 100644
--- a/store/adapters/rdbms/drivers/sqlite/connect.go
+++ b/store/adapters/rdbms/drivers/sqlite/connect.go
@@ -76,9 +76,7 @@ func Connect(ctx context.Context, dsn string) (_ store.Storer, err error) {
 		ErrorHandler: errorHandler,
 
 		TxRetryLimit: -1,
-		//TxRetryErrHandler: txRetryErrHandler,
-
-		//SchemaAPI: &schema{},
+		DataDefiner:  DataDefiner(cfg.DBName, db),
 	}
 
 	s.SetDefaults()
diff --git a/store/adapters/rdbms/drivers/sqlite/data_definer.go b/store/adapters/rdbms/drivers/sqlite/data_definer.go
index 9ef6d2d72..7053d9939 100644
--- a/store/adapters/rdbms/drivers/sqlite/data_definer.go
+++ b/store/adapters/rdbms/drivers/sqlite/data_definer.go
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ package sqlite
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"fmt"
 	"github.com/cortezaproject/corteza-server/pkg/dal"
+	"github.com/cortezaproject/corteza-server/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/cortezaproject/corteza-server/store/adapters/rdbms/ddl"
 	"github.com/doug-martin/goqu/v9/exp"
 	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ func (dd *dataDefiner) TableCreate(ctx context.Context, t *ddl.Table) error {
 }
 
 func (dd *dataDefiner) TableLookup(ctx context.Context, t string) (*ddl.Table, error) {
-	return nil, fmt.Errorf("not implemented")
+	// for now, assume tables never exist
+	return nil, errors.NotFound("table does not exist")
 }
 
 func (dd *dataDefiner) ColumnAdd(ctx context.Context, t string, c *ddl.Column) error {