diff --git a/_data/facilities.yml b/_data/facilities.yml
index 35f9e7a2a4d0ca6faa1004f268b871f538a07978..0de75ea3dd21214890b031a2c81030f95335e738 100644
--- a/_data/facilities.yml
+++ b/_data/facilities.yml
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@
       link: https://oai.panosc.ess.eu/openaire/oai
       last-check: 2024-12-22
       status: Active
+      skip-harvesting: true
       items:
         count: 0
       adminAddress:
@@ -479,6 +480,7 @@
     oai-pmh-endpoint:
       link: https://icatisis-prod.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request
       status: Error
+      skip-harvesting: true
       last-check: 2024-12-22
       adminAddress:
       - isisdata@stfc.ac.uk
diff --git a/scripts/update_oai-pmh.rb b/scripts/update_oai-pmh.rb
index 1e91caa5aedfec420f43c007e69e1f8840377143..0786cab60368f83ef495a2cf14d8fe270810b59d 100644
--- a/scripts/update_oai-pmh.rb
+++ b/scripts/update_oai-pmh.rb
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ def count_identifiers(endpoint, prefix)
 end
 
 
-def query_oai_pmh_endpoint(endpoint)
+def query_oai_pmh_endpoint(endpoint, do_harvesting)
     status, adminAddress = check_oai_pmh_endpoint(endpoint)
     if status == "Error"
         return status, [], {}, 0, {}
@@ -355,6 +355,10 @@ def query_oai_pmh_endpoint(endpoint)
 
     set_names = list_sets(endpoint)
 
+    if !do_harvesting
+        return "Active", adminAddress, {}, 0, {}
+    end
+
     begin
         total_count, set_counts = count_identifiers(endpoint, dc_prefix)
     rescue StandardError => e
@@ -385,7 +389,8 @@ facilities.each do |facility|
 
     name = facility['short-name']
     puts "Checking OAI-PMH endpoint for #{name}: #{oai_pmh_endpoint}"
-    status, adminAddress, set_names, total_count, set_count = query_oai_pmh_endpoint(oai_pmh_endpoint)
+    do_harvesting = !oai_pmh['skip-harvesting']
+    status, adminAddress, set_names, total_count, set_count = query_oai_pmh_endpoint(oai_pmh_endpoint, do_harvesting)
 
     oai_pmh['status'] = status
 
@@ -395,7 +400,7 @@ facilities.each do |facility|
 
     oai_pmh.delete('items')
 
-    if status == "Active"
+    if status == "Active" && do_harvesting
         items = {}
         oai_pmh['items'] = items
         items['count'] = total_count