diff --git a/lib/cartodb/server_options.js b/lib/cartodb/server_options.js
index c667f1a5..cdd3bdc4 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/server_options.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/server_options.js
@@ -667,6 +667,7 @@ module.exports = function(){
             function getGeometryType(err){
                 if (req.profiler) req.profiler.done('setDBConn');
                 if (err) throw err;
+                if ( ! req.params.table ) return null;
                 cartoData.getTableGeometryType(req.params.dbname, req.params.table, this);
             },
             function finishSetup(err, data){