diff --git a/src/GoogleCloudPubSub/GoogleCloudPubSub.ts b/src/GoogleCloudPubSub/GoogleCloudPubSub.ts
index 8965110..23c4660 100644
--- a/src/GoogleCloudPubSub/GoogleCloudPubSub.ts
+++ b/src/GoogleCloudPubSub/GoogleCloudPubSub.ts
@@ -238,8 +238,12 @@ export class GoogleCloudPubSub implements GCPubSub {
   private async getOrCreateSubscription(
     name: string,
     topic: Topic,
-    options?: GCSubscriptionOptions,
+    subOptions?: GCSubscriptionOptions,
   ): Promise<Subscription> {
+    const options = {
+      ...subOptions,
+      get: { autoCreate: true, ...subOptions?.get },
+    };
     const subscriptionName: string = options?.name ?? this.getSubscriptionName(name);
     const cachedSubscription: Subscription | undefined = this.subscriptions.get(subscriptionName);
 
@@ -259,6 +263,13 @@ export class GoogleCloudPubSub implements GCPubSub {
       );
     }
 
+    if (!exists && !(options.get.autoCreate ?? false)) {
+      /**
+       * If autoCreate mode is disabled then do not create the subscription
+       */
+      throw new Error(`[@algoan/pubsub] The subscription ${subscriptionName} is not found in topic ${topic.name}`);
+    }
+
     const [subscription]: GetSubscriptionResponse | CreateSubscriptionResponse = exists
       ? await sub.get(options?.get)
       : await sub.create(options?.create);
diff --git a/test/GoogleCloudPubSub.test.ts b/test/GoogleCloudPubSub.test.ts
index 132c7e5..939e315 100644
--- a/test/GoogleCloudPubSub.test.ts
+++ b/test/GoogleCloudPubSub.test.ts
@@ -553,3 +553,40 @@ test('GPS012 - should properly listen to the already created subscription', asyn
   t.true(isTopicExisting);
   t.true(isSubscriptionExisting);
 });
+
+test('GPS013 - should throw an error because the subscription is not created', async (t: ExecutionContext): Promise<void> => {
+  const subscriptionName: string = generateRandomTopicName();
+  const topicName: string = generateRandomTopicName();
+  const pubsub: GCPubSub = PubSubFactory.create({
+    transport: Transport.GOOGLE_PUBSUB,
+    options: {
+      projectId,
+      topicsPrefix: 'algoan',
+      topicsSeparator: '-',
+    },
+  });
+
+  const [[createdTopic]] = await Promise.all([pubsub.client.createTopic(topicName)]);
+  try {
+    await pubsub.listen(subscriptionName, {
+      options: {
+        topicName: createdTopic.name,
+        topicOptions: {
+          autoCreate: false,
+        },
+        subscriptionOptions: {
+          get: {
+            autoCreate: false,
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    t.fail('This promise is not supposed to be resolved, since the subscription does not exist!');
+  } catch (err) {
+    t.is(
+      (err as Error).message,
+      `[@algoan/pubsub] The subscription ${subscriptionName} is not found in topic projects/${projectId}/topics/${topicName}`,
+    );
+  }
+});