diff --git a/datamodel/low/v2/swagger.go b/datamodel/low/v2/swagger.go
index 6493fb9..6f5bb35 100644
--- a/datamodel/low/v2/swagger.go
+++ b/datamodel/low/v2/swagger.go
@@ -181,10 +181,7 @@ func createDocument(info *datamodel.SpecInfo, config *datamodel.DocumentConfigur
 	if idxConfig.BaseURL != nil {
 
 		// create a remote filesystem
-		remoteFS, fsErr := index.NewRemoteFSWithConfig(idxConfig)
-		if fsErr != nil {
-			return nil, fsErr
-		}
+		remoteFS, _ := index.NewRemoteFSWithConfig(idxConfig)
 		if config.RemoteURLHandler != nil {
 			remoteFS.RemoteHandlerFunc = config.RemoteURLHandler
 		}
diff --git a/datamodel/low/v2/swagger_test.go b/datamodel/low/v2/swagger_test.go
index eef0cf7..af114bc 100644
--- a/datamodel/low/v2/swagger_test.go
+++ b/datamodel/low/v2/swagger_test.go
@@ -467,3 +467,22 @@ func TestRolodexRemoteFileSystem_CustomHttpHandler(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NotNil(t, lDoc)
 	assert.Error(t, err)
 }
+
+func TestRolodexRemoteFileSystem_FailRemoteFS(t *testing.T) {
+	data, _ := os.ReadFile("../../../test_specs/first.yaml")
+	info, _ := datamodel.ExtractSpecInfo(data)
+
+	cf := datamodel.NewDocumentConfiguration()
+	cf.RemoteURLHandler = http.Get
+	baseUrl := "https://no-no-this-will-not-work-it-just-will-not-get-the-job-done-mate.com"
+	u, _ := url.Parse(baseUrl)
+	cf.BaseURL = u
+
+	pizza := func(url string) (resp *http.Response, err error) {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	cf.RemoteURLHandler = pizza
+	lDoc, err := CreateDocumentFromConfig(info, cf)
+	assert.NotNil(t, lDoc)
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+}
diff --git a/datamodel/low/v3/create_document_test.go b/datamodel/low/v3/create_document_test.go
index 6abcec8..fc91222 100644
--- a/datamodel/low/v3/create_document_test.go
+++ b/datamodel/low/v3/create_document_test.go
@@ -825,6 +825,16 @@ func TestCreateDocument_YamlAnchor(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NotNil(t, postJsonType)
 }
 
+func TestCreateDocument_NotOpenAPI_EnforcedDocCheck(t *testing.T) {
+	yml := `notadoc: no`
+
+	info, _ := datamodel.ExtractSpecInfo([]byte(yml))
+	var err error
+	_, err = CreateDocumentFromConfig(info, &datamodel.DocumentConfiguration{})
+	assert.Equal(t,
+		"no openapi version/tag found, cannot create document", err.Error())
+}
+
 func ExampleCreateDocument() {
 	// How to create a low-level OpenAPI 3 Document
 
diff --git a/document_test.go b/document_test.go
index a9e2bab..4562007 100644
--- a/document_test.go
+++ b/document_test.go
@@ -706,6 +706,9 @@ paths:
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
+	assert.NotNil(t, doc.GetConfiguration())
+	assert.Equal(t, doc.GetConfiguration(), cf)
+
 	result, errs := doc.BuildV3Model()
 	if len(errs) > 0 {
 		panic(errs)
diff --git a/index/spec_index_test.go b/index/spec_index_test.go
index 3d9c896..d0ff277 100644
--- a/index/spec_index_test.go
+++ b/index/spec_index_test.go
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ func TestSpecIndex_ExtractRefsStripe(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Len(t, index.GetAllReferenceSchemas(), 1972)
 	assert.NotNil(t, index.GetRootServersNode())
 	assert.Len(t, index.GetAllRootServers(), 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, "", index.GetSpecAbsolutePath())
+	assert.NotNil(t, index.GetLogger())
 
 	// not required, but flip the circular result switch on and off.
 	assert.False(t, index.AllowCircularReferenceResolving())