diff --git a/src/pyaro/timeseries/Filter.py b/src/pyaro/timeseries/Filter.py
index c26a1c0..b7d4c59 100644
--- a/src/pyaro/timeseries/Filter.py
+++ b/src/pyaro/timeseries/Filter.py
@@ -1254,7 +1254,7 @@ def __init__(
             )
 
         if not self._topo.exists():
-            raise FileNotFoundError(
+            logger.warning(
                 f"Provided location for topography data ({self._topo}) does not exist. It should be either a .nc file, or a folder with several .nc files and a metadata.json file."
             )