diff --git a/src/API/Entity.php b/src/API/Entity.php
index 1d3d630..3ce90ff 100755
--- a/src/API/Entity.php
+++ b/src/API/Entity.php
@@ -1344,6 +1344,12 @@ public function save($formData, $id = null)
 
             // need parent logic here
             $this->model = ($this->model)::findFirst($id);
+            if (!$this->model) {
+                throw new HTTPException("Could not find record #$id to update.", 404, [
+                    'dev' => "No record was found to update",
+                    'code' => '293542512610127'
+                ]);
+            }
             $primaryModel = $this->loadParentModel($this->model, $formData);
 
             // // TODO this only works with 1 parent so far....