diff --git a/src/loaders/compute_tools/checkm2/checkm2.py b/src/loaders/compute_tools/checkm2/checkm2.py
index 15acfb407..72b2c0ded 100644
--- a/src/loaders/compute_tools/checkm2/checkm2.py
+++ b/src/loaders/compute_tools/checkm2/checkm2.py
@@ -5,10 +5,13 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Dict
 
+from src.common.storage.field_names import FLD_KBASE_ID
 from src.loaders.compute_tools.tool_common import (
     GenomeTuple,
     ToolRunner,
     run_command,
+    write_fatal_tuples_to_dict,
+    create_fatal_tuple,
 )
 from src.loaders.compute_tools.tool_result_parser import (
     process_genome_attri_result,
@@ -47,12 +50,23 @@ def _run_checkm2(
           )
 
     tool_file_name, genome_id_col = 'quality_report.tsv', 'Name'
-    process_genome_attri_result(output_dir,
-                                SELECTED_CHECKM2_FEATURES,
-                                genome_id_col,
-                                ids_to_files,
-                                [tool_file_name],
-                                )
+    genome_attri_docs = process_genome_attri_result(output_dir,
+                                                    SELECTED_CHECKM2_FEATURES,
+                                                    genome_id_col,
+                                                    ids_to_files,
+                                                    [tool_file_name],
+                                                    )
+
+    # create fatal error file if any genome is missing from the result file
+    fatal_tuples = []
+    error_message = f"The genome is absent in the quality_report.tsv file generated by CheckM2."
+    success_ids = [genome_attri_doc[FLD_KBASE_ID] for genome_attri_doc in genome_attri_docs]
+    missing_ids = set(ids_to_files.keys()) - set(success_ids)
+    print(f"Found {len(missing_ids)} genomes missing from the CheckM2 output file.")
+    for missing_id in missing_ids:
+        fatal_tuple = create_fatal_tuple(missing_id, ids_to_files, error_message)
+        fatal_tuples.append(fatal_tuple)
+    write_fatal_tuples_to_dict(fatal_tuples, output_dir)
 
 
 def main():
diff --git a/src/loaders/compute_tools/checkm2/versions.yaml b/src/loaders/compute_tools/checkm2/versions.yaml
index 877126ff9..eabc8b09a 100644
--- a/src/loaders/compute_tools/checkm2/versions.yaml
+++ b/src/loaders/compute_tools/checkm2/versions.yaml
@@ -14,4 +14,9 @@ versions:
     date: 2023-10-24
     notes: |
       - update diamond reference DB default path
+    reference_db_version: 1.0.1
+  - version: 0.1.3
+    date: 2023-11-08
+    notes: |
+      - create fatal error file for CheckM2
     reference_db_version: 1.0.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/loaders/compute_tools/tool_result_parser.py b/src/loaders/compute_tools/tool_result_parser.py
index 5cb673328..d915a1704 100644
--- a/src/loaders/compute_tools/tool_result_parser.py
+++ b/src/loaders/compute_tools/tool_result_parser.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def process_genome_attri_result(
         result_files: List[str],
         check_file_exists: bool = True,
         prefix: str = ''
-) -> None:
+) -> List[Dict]:
     """
     process the output files generated by the tool (checkm2, gtdb-tk, etc) to create a format suitable for
     importing into ArangoDB
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ def process_genome_attri_result(
     output = output_dir / TOOL_GENOME_ATTRI_FILE
     create_jsonl_files(output, genome_attri_docs)
 
+    return genome_attri_docs
+
 
 def create_jsonl_files(
         file_path: Path,