diff --git a/src/services/questService.ts b/src/services/questService.ts
index 1916ca0c..ae7c8133 100644
--- a/src/services/questService.ts
+++ b/src/services/questService.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { TInventoryDatabaseDocument } from "@/src/models/inventoryModels/invento
 import { IInventoryDatabase, IQuestKeyDatabase, IQuestStage } from "@/src/types/inventoryTypes/inventoryTypes";
 import { logger } from "@/src/utils/logger";
 import { HydratedDocument } from "mongoose";
+import { config } from "@/src/services/configService";
 
 export interface IUpdateQuestRequest {
     QuestKeys: Omit<IQuestKeyDatabase, "CompletionDate">[];
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ export const updateQuestKey = (
 
     let questKeyIndex = inventory.QuestKeys.findIndex(questKey => questKey.ItemType === questKeyUpdate[0].ItemType);
     if (questKeyIndex === -1) {
-        // it's possible the quest key was not in already in the inventory but the quest was still available due to unlockAllQuests
+        if (!config.unlockAllQuests) throw new Error(`quest key ${questKeyUpdate[0].ItemType} not found`);
         questKeyIndex = inventory.QuestKeys.push({ ItemType: questKeyUpdate[0].ItemType }) - 1;
     }