diff --git a/arkindex_worker/worker.py b/arkindex_worker/worker.py
index 4c56bf1ef681e6b032769af5089a86b3c93f0ae1..6c667efa34e3f932ecde08d7bd29a7efee8da35d 100644
--- a/arkindex_worker/worker.py
+++ b/arkindex_worker/worker.py
@@ -889,12 +889,13 @@ class ElementsWorker(BaseWorker):
             ), "worker_version should be of type str"
             query_params["worker_version"] = worker_version
 
-        # Checking that we only have query_params handled by the cache
-        if self.use_cache and set(query_params.keys()) <= {
-            "name",
-            "type",
-            "worker_version",
-        }:
+        if self.use_cache:
+            # Checking that we only received query_params handled by the cache
+            assert set(query_params.keys()) <= {
+                "name",
+                "type",
+                "worker_version",
+            }, "When using the local cache, you can only filter by 'name', 'type' and/or 'worker_version'"
             parent_id_hex = convert_str_uuid_to_hex(element.id)
             name_condition = f" AND name LIKE '%{name}%'" if name else ""
             type_condition = f" AND type='{type}'" if type else ""
diff --git a/tests/test_elements_worker/test_elements.py b/tests/test_elements_worker/test_elements.py
index c79a106a6548f4a2dfbf5bec8f945dd53310b55e..76e62267f5a650fb6fe9eae41eef18487c512f26 100644
--- a/tests/test_elements_worker/test_elements.py
+++ b/tests/test_elements_worker/test_elements.py
@@ -941,51 +941,18 @@ def test_list_element_children(responses, mock_elements_worker):
 
 
 def test_list_element_children_with_cache_unhandled_param(
-    responses, mock_elements_worker_with_cache
+    mock_elements_worker_with_cache,
 ):
-    """
-    Calls list_elements_children on a worker using the cache.
-    The cache doesn't contain any information about an element corpus and with_corpus query param is set to True.
-    The list_elements_children function will call the API (instead of the cache) to use the with_corpus param.
-    """
     elt = Element({"id": "12341234-1234-1234-1234-123412341234"})
-    expected_children = [
-        {
-            "id": "0000",
-            "type": "page",
-            "name": "Test",
-            "corpus": {},
-            "thumbnail_url": None,
-            "zone": {},
-            "best_classes": None,
-            "has_children": None,
-            "worker_version_id": None,
-        }
-    ]
-    responses.add(
-        responses.GET,
-        "http://testserver/api/v1/elements/12341234-1234-1234-1234-123412341234/children/?with_corpus=True",
-        status=200,
-        json={
-            "count": 1,
-            "next": None,
-            "results": expected_children,
-        },
-    )
 
-    for idx, child in enumerate(
+    with pytest.raises(AssertionError) as e:
         mock_elements_worker_with_cache.list_element_children(
             element=elt, with_corpus=True
         )
-    ):
-        assert child == expected_children[idx]
-
-    assert len(responses.calls) == 3
-    assert [call.request.url for call in responses.calls] == [
-        "http://testserver/api/v1/user/",
-        "http://testserver/api/v1/workers/versions/12341234-1234-1234-1234-123412341234/",
-        "http://testserver/api/v1/elements/12341234-1234-1234-1234-123412341234/children/?with_corpus=True",
-    ]
+    assert (
+        str(e.value)
+        == "When using the local cache, you can only filter by 'name', 'type' and/or 'worker_version'"
+    )
 
 
 def test_list_element_children_with_cache(responses, mock_elements_worker_with_cache):