diff --git a/services/document-updater/app/coffee/DocumentManager.coffee b/services/document-updater/app/coffee/DocumentManager.coffee
index 59db98e97f..ad0cb0eecb 100644
--- a/services/document-updater/app/coffee/DocumentManager.coffee
+++ b/services/document-updater/app/coffee/DocumentManager.coffee
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ module.exports = DocumentManager =
 						return callback(error) if error?
 						RedisManager.setHistoryType doc_id, projectHistoryType, (error) ->
 							return callback(error) if error?
-							callback null, lines, version, ranges, pathname, projectHistoryId, null, false
+							callback null, lines, version, ranges || {}, pathname, projectHistoryId, null, false
 			else
 				callback null, lines, version, ranges, pathname, projectHistoryId, unflushedTime, true