diff --git a/src/main/java/ai/knowly/langtorch/connector/pdf/PDFConnector.java b/src/main/java/ai/knowly/langtorch/connector/pdf/PDFConnector.java
index bb9fa032..d54d6371 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ai/knowly/langtorch/connector/pdf/PDFConnector.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ai/knowly/langtorch/connector/pdf/PDFConnector.java
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 import com.google.common.flogger.FluentLogger;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import javax.inject.Inject;
@@ -30,14 +29,14 @@ public PDFConnector(@NonNull PDFConnectorOption readOption) {
     public Optional<String> read() {
         try {
             PDDocument selectedDocument;
-            Optional<byte[]> bytes = readOption.getBytes();
+            Optional<byte[]> bytes = readOption.getFileBytes();
             Optional<String> filePath = readOption.getFilePath();
             if (bytes.isPresent()) {
                 selectedDocument = PDDocument.load(bytes.get());
             } else if (filePath.isPresent()) {
                 selectedDocument = PDDocument.load(new File(filePath.get()));
             } else {
-                throw new PDFConnectorOptionNotFoundException();
+                throw new PDFConnectorOptionNotFoundException("No suitable read option provided");
             }
 
             @Cleanup PDDocument document = selectedDocument;
diff --git a/src/main/java/ai/knowly/langtorch/connector/pdf/PDFConnectorOption.java b/src/main/java/ai/knowly/langtorch/connector/pdf/PDFConnectorOption.java
index c0cc965f..51a43b32 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ai/knowly/langtorch/connector/pdf/PDFConnectorOption.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ai/knowly/langtorch/connector/pdf/PDFConnectorOption.java
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@
 @Data
 @Builder(toBuilder = true, setterPrefix = "set")
 public class PDFConnectorOption implements ConnectorOption {
-  @Builder.Default private Optional<String> filePath = Optional.empty();
-  @Builder.Default private Optional<byte[]> bytes = Optional.empty();
+  private String filePath;
+  private byte[] fileBytes;
+
+  public Optional<String> getFilePath() {
+    return Optional.ofNullable(filePath);
+  }
+
+  public Optional<byte[]> getFileBytes() {
+    return Optional.ofNullable(fileBytes);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/ai/knowly/langtorch/connector/pdf/PDFConnectorOptionNotFoundException.java b/src/main/java/ai/knowly/langtorch/connector/pdf/PDFConnectorOptionNotFoundException.java
index 70e53261..5bb5a565 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ai/knowly/langtorch/connector/pdf/PDFConnectorOptionNotFoundException.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ai/knowly/langtorch/connector/pdf/PDFConnectorOptionNotFoundException.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package ai.knowly.langtorch.connector.pdf;
 
 public class PDFConnectorOptionNotFoundException extends RuntimeException {
-    public PDFConnectorOptionNotFoundException() {
-        super();
+    public PDFConnectorOptionNotFoundException(String msg) {
+        super(msg);
     }
 }