diff --git a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/util/ifc4x3dev_scrape_data_for_docs.py b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/util/ifc4x3dev_scrape_data_for_docs.py
index 5daf2b5f46..93fd6a15c8 100644
--- a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/util/ifc4x3dev_scrape_data_for_docs.py
+++ b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/util/ifc4x3dev_scrape_data_for_docs.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import json
 import ifcopenshell
 from collections import Counter
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
-from typing import Any
+from typing import Any, Union
 
 
 # Hacky modified functions from server.py to make parser work
@@ -128,9 +128,19 @@ def get_attributes_keep_md(resource, builder):
 
 # -------------------------
 
+# Temporary fix for https://github.com/buildingSMART/IFC4.3.x-development/issues/754.
+_original_get_resource_path = get_resource_path
+def get_resource_path(resource: str, abort_on_error=False) -> Union[str, None]:
+    md = _original_get_resource_path(resource, abort_on_error)
+    if md and resource == "IfcURIReference":
+        md = md.replace("IfcMeasureResource", "IfcExternalReferenceResource")
+    return md
+
 
 def get_description_json(resource: str) -> str:
     md = get_resource_path(resource, abort_on_error=False)
+    if not md:
+        raise Exception(f"No resource path found for '{resource}'.")
     mdc = open(md, "r", encoding="utf-8").read()
     description = get_definition_from_md(resource, mdc)
     return description
@@ -150,6 +160,8 @@ def get_attributes_json(resource):
 
 def get_predefined_type_values_json(resource):
     md = get_resource_path(resource, abort_on_error=False)
+    if not md:
+        raise Exception(f"No resource path found for '{resource}'.")
     mdc = open(md, "r", encoding="utf-8").read()
     return get_type_values(resource, mdc)["schema_values"]
 
@@ -164,6 +176,7 @@ def save_entities_data(entities: list[str]) -> None:
         except Exception as e:
             md = get_resource_path(entity, abort_on_error=False)
             if md:
+                print(f"server returned markdown file path ('{md}') but there was some other parsing error, see below.")
                 raise e
             print(
                 f"WARNING. Cannot find resource path for `{entity}` in DEV DOCUMENTATION even though it's present in ifcopenshell schema. It will be skipped."