diff --git a/src/categories/index.js b/src/categories/index.js
index 15cabac24e..047de142c8 100644
--- a/src/categories/index.js
+++ b/src/categories/index.js
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ Categories.getCategoryById = async function (data) {
 };
 
 Categories.getCidByHandle = async function (handle) {
+	if (!handle) {
+		return null;
+	}
 	let cid = await db.sortedSetScore('categoryhandle:cid', handle);
 	if (!cid) {
 		// remote cids
diff --git a/src/database/mongo/hash.js b/src/database/mongo/hash.js
index 958d5384f3..59ea48e1c9 100644
--- a/src/database/mongo/hash.js
+++ b/src/database/mongo/hash.js
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ module.exports = function (module) {
 	};
 
 	module.getObjectField = async function (key, field) {
-		if (!key) {
+		if (!key || !field) {
 			return null;
 		}
 		const cachedData = {};
@@ -104,7 +104,11 @@ module.exports = function (module) {
 			return cachedData[key].hasOwnProperty(field) ? cachedData[key][field] : null;
 		}
 		field = helpers.fieldToString(field);
-		const item = await module.client.collection('objects').findOne({ _key: key }, { projection: { _id: 0, [field]: 1 } });
+		const item = await module.client.collection('objects').findOne({
+			_key: key,
+		}, {
+			projection: { _id: 0, [field]: 1 },
+		});
 		if (!item) {
 			return null;
 		}
diff --git a/src/database/postgres/hash.js b/src/database/postgres/hash.js
index 5e3a842d22..834d46ec3e 100644
--- a/src/database/postgres/hash.js
+++ b/src/database/postgres/hash.js
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ SELECT h."data"
 	};
 
 	module.getObjectField = async function (key, field) {
-		if (!key) {
+		if (!key || !field) {
 			return null;
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/database/redis/hash.js b/src/database/redis/hash.js
index c03bff055b..f046e62180 100644
--- a/src/database/redis/hash.js
+++ b/src/database/redis/hash.js
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ module.exports = function (module) {
 	};
 
 	module.getObjectField = async function (key, field) {
-		if (!key) {
+		if (!key || !field) {
 			return null;
 		}
 		const cachedData = {};
diff --git a/test/database/hash.js b/test/database/hash.js
index 55b75c0df6..f1bace299e 100644
--- a/test/database/hash.js
+++ b/test/database/hash.js
@@ -285,6 +285,16 @@ describe('Hash methods', () => {
 			});
 		});
 
+		it('should return null if field is falsy', async () => {
+			const values = await Promise.all([
+				db.getObjectField('hashTestObject', ''),
+				db.getObjectField('hashTestObject', null),
+				db.getObjectField('hashTestObject', false),
+				db.getObjectField('hashTestObject', undefined),
+			]);
+			assert.deepStrictEqual(values, [null, null, null, null]);
+		});
+
 		it('should return null and not error', async () => {
 			const data = await db.getObjectField('hashTestObject', ['field1', 'field2']);
 			assert.strictEqual(data, null);