diff --git a/internal/storage/postgresql/postgresql.go b/internal/storage/postgresql/postgresql.go
index 0de4056..a0fff0e 100644
--- a/internal/storage/postgresql/postgresql.go
+++ b/internal/storage/postgresql/postgresql.go
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@ package postgresql
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"recipes/internal/domain/models"
+	"recipes/internal/storage"
 
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5"
 	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgxpool"
 )
 
@@ -12,10 +15,6 @@ type Storage struct {
 	db *pgxpool.Pool
 }
 
-// TODO
-// handling special errors
-// AddRecipeInformation
-
 func New(ctx context.Context, user, password, addr, dbname string) (*Storage, error) {
 	const op = "storage.postgresql.New"
 
@@ -188,6 +187,9 @@ func (s *Storage) GetRecipe(ctx context.Context, r_id uint) (models.Recipe, erro
 	).Scan(&recipe)
 
 	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, pgx.ErrNoRows) {
+			return models.Recipe{}, storage.ErrRecipeNotFound
+		}
 		return models.Recipe{}, fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", op, err)
 	}
 
@@ -327,6 +329,9 @@ func (s *Storage) GetRecipesByCategory(ctx context.Context, offset, limit int, c
 		category, limit, offset,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, pgx.ErrNoRows) {
+			return nil, storage.ErrCategoryNotFound
+		}
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", op, err)
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/storage/storage.go b/internal/storage/storage.go
index a2a6584..ca6a92d 100644
--- a/internal/storage/storage.go
+++ b/internal/storage/storage.go
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	ErrNotFound = errors.New("not found")
+	ErrRecipeNotFound   = errors.New("recipe not found")
+	ErrCategoryNotFound = errors.New("category not found")
 )