diff --git a/library/Director/Data/Exporter.php b/library/Director/Data/Exporter.php
index 56982961..97e3176d 100644
--- a/library/Director/Data/Exporter.php
+++ b/library/Director/Data/Exporter.php
@@ -203,6 +203,8 @@ class Exporter
             $rows = $this->db->fetchAll($query);
         } elseif ($query instanceof SimpleQuery) {
             $rows = $query->fetchAll();
+        } else {
+            throw new RuntimeException('Table query needs to be either a Select or a SimpleQuery instance');
         }
         $services = [];
         foreach ($rows as $row) {