diff --git a/src/controllers/api/updateQuestController.ts b/src/controllers/api/updateQuestController.ts
index d5d4a5a7..3a91ada0 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/updateQuestController.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/updateQuestController.ts
@@ -30,10 +30,11 @@ export const updateQuestController: RequestHandler = async (req, res) => {
         const questCompletionItems = getQuestCompletionItems(questKeyName);
         logger.debug(`quest completion items`, questCompletionItems);
 
-        const inventoryChanges = await addItems(inventory, questCompletionItems);
+        if (questCompletionItems) {
+            const inventoryChanges = await addItems(inventory, questCompletionItems);
+            updateQuestResponse.InventoryChanges = inventoryChanges;
+        }
         inventory.ActiveQuest = "";
-
-        updateQuestResponse.InventoryChanges = inventoryChanges;
     }
 
     //TODO: might need to parse the custom data and add the associated items to inventory
diff --git a/src/services/itemDataService.ts b/src/services/itemDataService.ts
index be4291d6..d68ef666 100644
--- a/src/services/itemDataService.ts
+++ b/src/services/itemDataService.ts
@@ -189,11 +189,13 @@ export const getNode = (nodeName: string): IRegion => {
 };
 
 export const getQuestCompletionItems = (questKey: string) => {
-    const items = (questCompletionItems as unknown as Record<string, ITypeCount[] | undefined>)[questKey];
-    if (!items) {
-        throw new Error(`Quest ${questKey} not found in questCompletionItems`);
-    }
+    const items = (questCompletionItems as unknown as Record<string, ITypeCount[]> | undefined)?.[questKey];
 
+    if (!items) {
+        logger.error(
+            `Quest ${questKey} not found in questCompletionItems, quest completion items have not been given. This is a temporary solution`
+        );
+    }
     return items;
 };