diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 9664541a..25d05b38 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ subprojects {
   apply plugin: "maven-publish"
 
   group "io.tabular.connect"
-  version "0.4.7-SNAPSHOT"
+  version "0.4.7"
 
   repositories {
     mavenCentral()
diff --git a/kafka-connect/src/main/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/data/IcebergWriter.java b/kafka-connect/src/main/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/data/IcebergWriter.java
index fcf90eb5..e67dd774 100644
--- a/kafka-connect/src/main/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/data/IcebergWriter.java
+++ b/kafka-connect/src/main/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/data/IcebergWriter.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
  */
 package io.tabular.iceberg.connect.data;
 
+import static java.lang.String.format;
+
 import io.tabular.iceberg.connect.IcebergSinkConfig;
 import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@
 import org.apache.iceberg.data.Record;
 import org.apache.iceberg.io.TaskWriter;
 import org.apache.iceberg.io.WriteResult;
+import org.apache.kafka.connect.errors.DataException;
 import org.apache.kafka.connect.sink.SinkRecord;
 
 public class IcebergWriter implements Closeable {
@@ -59,8 +62,12 @@ public void write(SinkRecord record) {
           writer.write(new RecordWrapper(row, op));
         }
       }
-    } catch (IOException e) {
-      throw new UncheckedIOException(e);
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      throw new DataException(
+          format(
+              "An error occurred converting record, topic: %s, partition, %d, offset: %d",
+              record.topic(), record.kafkaPartition(), record.kafkaOffset()),
+          e);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/kafka-connect/src/main/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/data/RecordConverter.java b/kafka-connect/src/main/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/data/RecordConverter.java
index 3d47dd09..fccfb3d8 100644
--- a/kafka-connect/src/main/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/data/RecordConverter.java
+++ b/kafka-connect/src/main/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/data/RecordConverter.java
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 import org.apache.iceberg.types.Types.StructType;
 import org.apache.iceberg.types.Types.TimestampType;
 import org.apache.iceberg.util.DateTimeUtil;
+import org.apache.kafka.connect.data.Field;
 import org.apache.kafka.connect.data.Struct;
 import org.apache.kafka.connect.json.JsonConverter;
 
@@ -164,7 +165,12 @@ private Object getFieldValue(Object value, String fieldName) {
     if (value instanceof Map) {
       return ((Map<?, ?>) value).get(fieldName);
     } else if (value instanceof Struct) {
-      return ((Struct) value).get(fieldName);
+      Struct struct = (Struct) value;
+      Field field = struct.schema().field(fieldName);
+      if (field == null) {
+        return null;
+      }
+      return struct.get(field);
     }
     throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot convert to struct: " + value.getClass().getName());
   }
diff --git a/kafka-connect/src/test/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/data/RecordConverterTest.java b/kafka-connect/src/test/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/data/RecordConverterTest.java
index 27465f83..ef51bcd5 100644
--- a/kafka-connect/src/test/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/data/RecordConverterTest.java
+++ b/kafka-connect/src/test/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/data/RecordConverterTest.java
@@ -80,7 +80,11 @@ public class RecordConverterTest {
           Types.NestedField.required(
               36,
               "ma",
-              Types.MapType.ofRequired(37, 38, Types.StringType.get(), Types.StringType.get())));
+              Types.MapType.ofRequired(37, 38, Types.StringType.get(), Types.StringType.get())),
+          Types.NestedField.optional(39, "extra", Types.StringType.get()));
+
+  // we have 1 unmapped column so exclude that from the count
+  private static final int MAPPED_CNT = SCHEMA.columns().size() - 1;
 
   private static final org.apache.iceberg.Schema NESTED_SCHEMA =
       new org.apache.iceberg.Schema(
@@ -169,7 +173,7 @@ public void testMapToString() throws Exception {
 
     String str = (String) record.getField("st");
     Map<String, Object> map = (Map<String, Object>) MAPPER.readValue(str, Map.class);
-    assertEquals(SCHEMA.columns().size(), map.size());
+    assertEquals(MAPPED_CNT, map.size());
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -206,7 +210,7 @@ public void testStructToString() throws Exception {
 
     String str = (String) record.getField("st");
     Map<String, Object> map = (Map<String, Object>) MAPPER.readValue(str, Map.class);
-    assertEquals(SCHEMA.columns().size(), map.size());
+    assertEquals(MAPPED_CNT, map.size());
   }
 
   @Test