diff --git a/services/git-bridge/src/main/java/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/bridge/db/noop/NoopDbStore.java b/services/git-bridge/src/main/java/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/bridge/db/noop/NoopDbStore.java
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+++ b/services/git-bridge/src/main/java/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/bridge/db/noop/NoopDbStore.java
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+package uk.ac.ic.wlgitbridge.bridge.db.noop;
+
+import uk.ac.ic.wlgitbridge.bridge.db.DBStore;
+import uk.ac.ic.wlgitbridge.bridge.db.ProjectState;
+
+import java.sql.Timestamp;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class NoopDbStore implements DBStore {
+
+    @Override
+    public int getNumProjects() {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<String> getProjectNames() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setLatestVersionForProject(String project, int versionID) {
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getLatestVersionForProject(String project) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void addURLIndexForProject(String projectName, String url, String path) {
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void deleteFilesForProject(String project, String... files) {
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getPathForURLInProject(String projectName, String url) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getOldestUnswappedProject() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getNumUnswappedProjects() {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ProjectState getProjectState(String projectName) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setLastAccessedTime(String projectName, Timestamp time) {
+
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/services/git-bridge/src/test/java/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/bridge/resource/UrlResourceCacheTest.java b/services/git-bridge/src/test/java/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/bridge/resource/UrlResourceCacheTest.java
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+++ b/services/git-bridge/src/test/java/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/bridge/resource/UrlResourceCacheTest.java
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+package uk.ac.ic.wlgitbridge.bridge.resource;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import uk.ac.ic.wlgitbridge.bridge.db.noop.NoopDbStore;
+import uk.ac.ic.wlgitbridge.io.http.ning.NingHttpClientFacade;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+
+public class UrlResourceCacheTest {
+
+    private static String PROJ = "proj";
+
+    private static String URL = "http://localhost/file.jpg";
+
+    private static String NEW_PATH = "file1.jpg";
+
+    private final NingHttpClientFacade http = mock(NingHttpClientFacade.class);
+
+    private final UrlResourceCache cache
+            = new UrlResourceCache(new NoopDbStore(), http);
+
+    @Test
+    public void getThrowsSizeLimitWhenContentLengthTooBig() throws Exception {
+        when(http.get(any(), any())).thenAnswer(invoc -> {
+            Object[] args = invoc.getArguments();
+            //noinspection unchecked
+            ((FunctionT<
+                    HttpResponseHeaders, Boolean, SizeLimitExceededException
+            >) args[1]).apply(withContentLength(2));
+            return new byte[0];
+        });
+
+        cache.get(
+                PROJ, URL, NEW_PATH,
+                Collections.emptyMap(), Collections.emptyMap(),
+                Optional.of(2L)
+        );
+    }
+}