diff --git a/src/grung/db.py b/src/grung/db.py
index 72cf3e0..1bad4fc 100644
--- a/src/grung/db.py
+++ b/src/grung/db.py
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ class RecordTable(table.Table):
             document = super().get(doc_id=doc_id)
             if document:
                 return document.deserialize(self.db, recurse=recurse)
+            return None
 
         matches = self.search(*args, recurse=recurse, **kwargs)
         if matches: