diff --git a/services/track-changes/test/acceptance/coffee/helpers/TrackChangesClient.coffee b/services/track-changes/test/acceptance/coffee/helpers/TrackChangesClient.coffee
index 6a193ddd9b..4e1d1d1eff 100644
--- a/services/track-changes/test/acceptance/coffee/helpers/TrackChangesClient.coffee
+++ b/services/track-changes/test/acceptance/coffee/helpers/TrackChangesClient.coffee
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ module.exports = TrackChangesClient =
 		options.encoding = null
 		request.get options, (err, res, body) ->
 			return callback(error) if error?
+			return callback(new Error("empty response from s3")) if not body?
 			zlib.gunzip body, (err, result) ->
 				return callback(err) if err?
 				callback(null, JSON.parse(result.toString()))