diff --git a/simulator/generation/plan.rs b/simulator/generation/plan.rs
index 3e6e1ab9e..12935d3d3 100644
--- a/simulator/generation/plan.rs
+++ b/simulator/generation/plan.rs
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ impl InteractionPlan {
                 Query::Begin(_) => stats.begin_count += 1,
                 Query::Commit(_) => stats.commit_count += 1,
                 Query::Rollback(_) => stats.rollback_count += 1,
+                Query::Placeholder => {}
             }
         }
         for interactions in &self.plan {
@@ -766,6 +767,11 @@ impl InteractionType {
 
     pub(crate) fn execute_query(&self, conn: &mut Arc<Connection>) -> ResultSet {
         if let Self::Query(query) = self {
+            assert!(
+                !matches!(query, Query::Placeholder),
+                "simulation cannot have a placeholder Query for execution"
+            );
+
             let query_str = query.to_string();
             let rows = conn.query(&query_str);
             if rows.is_err() {
diff --git a/simulator/generation/query.rs b/simulator/generation/query.rs
index 068e4f5e7..3408dca3b 100644
--- a/simulator/generation/query.rs
+++ b/simulator/generation/query.rs
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ impl QueryDiscriminants {
             | QueryDiscriminants::Rollback => {
                 unreachable!("transactional queries should not be generated")
             }
+            QueryDiscriminants::Placeholder => {
+                unreachable!("Query Placeholders should not be generated")
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -128,6 +131,9 @@ impl QueryDiscriminants {
             | QueryDiscriminants::Rollback => {
                 unreachable!("transactional queries should not be generated")
             }
+            QueryDiscriminants::Placeholder => {
+                unreachable!("Query Placeholders should not be generated")
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/simulator/model/mod.rs b/simulator/model/mod.rs
index 4af61b353..9e3d29db2 100644
--- a/simulator/model/mod.rs
+++ b/simulator/model/mod.rs
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ pub enum Query {
     Begin(Begin),
     Commit(Commit),
     Rollback(Rollback),
+    /// Placeholder query that still needs to be generated
+    Placeholder,
 }
 
 impl Query {
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ impl Query {
                 IndexSet::from_iter([table_name.clone()])
             }
             Query::Begin(_) | Query::Commit(_) | Query::Rollback(_) => IndexSet::new(),
+            Query::Placeholder => IndexSet::new(),
         }
     }
     pub fn uses(&self) -> Vec<String> {
@@ -83,6 +86,7 @@ impl Query {
             | Query::Drop(Drop { table, .. }) => vec![table.clone()],
             Query::CreateIndex(CreateIndex { table_name, .. }) => vec![table_name.clone()],
             Query::Begin(..) | Query::Commit(..) | Query::Rollback(..) => vec![],
+            Query::Placeholder => vec![],
         }
     }
 
@@ -116,6 +120,7 @@ impl Display for Query {
             Self::Begin(begin) => write!(f, "{begin}"),
             Self::Commit(commit) => write!(f, "{commit}"),
             Self::Rollback(rollback) => write!(f, "{rollback}"),
+            Self::Placeholder => Ok(()),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -124,7 +129,6 @@ impl Shadow for Query {
     type Result = anyhow::Result<Vec<Vec<SimValue>>>;
 
     fn shadow(&self, env: &mut ShadowTablesMut) -> Self::Result {
-        tracing::info!("SHADOW {:?}", self);
         match self {
             Query::Create(create) => create.shadow(env),
             Query::Insert(insert) => insert.shadow(env),
@@ -136,6 +140,7 @@ impl Shadow for Query {
             Query::Begin(begin) => Ok(begin.shadow(env)),
             Query::Commit(commit) => Ok(commit.shadow(env)),
             Query::Rollback(rollback) => Ok(rollback.shadow(env)),
+            Query::Placeholder => Ok(vec![]),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -182,6 +187,9 @@ impl From<QueryDiscriminants> for QueryCapabilities {
             | QueryDiscriminants::Rollback => {
                 unreachable!("QueryCapabilities do not apply to transaction queries")
             }
+            QueryDiscriminants::Placeholder => {
+                unreachable!("QueryCapabilities do not apply to query Placeholder")
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/simulator/runner/execution.rs b/simulator/runner/execution.rs
index e877a972f..e3cfef375 100644
--- a/simulator/runner/execution.rs
+++ b/simulator/runner/execution.rs
@@ -368,6 +368,9 @@ fn execute_query_rusqlite(
             }
             Ok(result)
         }
+        Query::Placeholder => {
+            unreachable!("simulation cannot have a placeholder Query for execution")
+        }
         _ => {
             connection.execute(query.to_string().as_str(), ())?;
             Ok(vec![])