diff --git a/services/db.js b/services/db.js
index 57be091..dd718ee 100644
--- a/services/db.js
+++ b/services/db.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 var redis = require('../redis'),
   postgres = require('../postgres/client'),
   { isUri } = require('clayutils'),
+  { noKeyError } = require('./errors'),
   { CACHE_ENABLED } = require('./constants');
 
 /**
@@ -35,6 +36,8 @@ function put(key, value, testCacheEnabled) {
  * @return {Promise}
  */
 function get(key) {
+  if (!key) return Promise.reject(noKeyError());
+
   return redis.get(key)
     .then(data => {
       if (isUri(key)) return data;
diff --git a/services/db.test.js b/services/db.test.js
index 22a3be6..7eb67f2 100644
--- a/services/db.test.js
+++ b/services/db.test.js
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 const { put, get, del, batch, createReadStream } = require('./db'),
   redis = require('../redis'),
-  postgres = require('../postgres/client');
+  postgres = require('../postgres/client'),
+  { noKeyError } = require('./errors');
 
 jest.mock('../redis');
 jest.mock('../postgres/client');
@@ -47,6 +48,21 @@ describe('services/db', () => {
         expect(postgres.get).toHaveBeenCalledWith(KEY);
       });
     });
+
+    test('it fails when no key is being passed', () => {
+      let rejected = false;
+
+      redis.get.mockResolvedValue(JSON.stringify(VALUE));
+
+      return get()
+        .then(() => {
+          expect(rejected).to.be.true;
+        })
+        .catch(err => {
+          rejected = true;
+          expect(err).toEqual(noKeyError());
+        });
+    });
   });
 
   describe('put', () => {
diff --git a/services/errors.js b/services/errors.js
index 4fd81f1..c244898 100644
--- a/services/errors.js
+++ b/services/errors.js
@@ -17,6 +17,19 @@ function notFoundError(key) {
   return error;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Format an error for when the key
+ * is not provided
+ *
+ * @return {Error}
+ */
+function noKeyError() {
+  const error = new Error('No key provided');
+
+  error.name = 'NoKeyError';
+  return error;
+}
+
 /**
  * Log an error
  *
@@ -28,6 +41,7 @@ function logGenericError(file) {
 }
 
 module.exports.notFoundError = notFoundError;
+module.exports.noKeyError = noKeyError;
 module.exports.logGenericError = logGenericError;
 
 // For testing