diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2475859..7635a92 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@moicky/dynamodb",
-  "version": "2.4.3",
+  "version": "2.4.4",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
   "description": "Contains a collection of convenience functions for working with AWS DynamoDB",
diff --git a/src/operations/get.ts b/src/operations/get.ts
index 95fee3c..c078ca4 100644
--- a/src/operations/get.ts
+++ b/src/operations/get.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ export async function getItem<T extends DynamoDBItem = DynamoDBItem>(
         TableName: args?.TableName || getDefaultTable(),
       })
     )
-    .then((res) => res?.Item && unmarshallWithOptions<T>(res.Item));
+    .then((res) =>
+      res?.Item ? unmarshallWithOptions<T>(res.Item) : undefined
+    );
 }
 
 type GetItemsArgs = Partial<