diff --git a/martin/src/file_config.rs b/martin/src/file_config.rs
index f2dc33e37..b290356cf 100644
--- a/martin/src/file_config.rs
+++ b/martin/src/file_config.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 use crate::config::{copy_unrecognized_config, UnrecognizedValues};
 use crate::file_config::FileError::{InvalidFilePath, InvalidSourceFilePath, IoError};
-use crate::source::{Source, Sources, Xyz};
+use crate::source::{Source, Sources};
 use crate::utils::{sorted_opt_map, Error, IdResolver, OneOrMany};
 use crate::OneOrMany::{Many, One};
 
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ pub enum FileError {
     #[error(r"Unable to parse metadata in file {}: {0}", .1.display())]
     InvalidMetadata(String, PathBuf),
 
-    #[error(r#"Tile {0:#} not found in {1}"#)]
-    GetTileError(Xyz, String),
+    #[error(r#"Unable to aquire connection to file: {0}"#)]
+    AquireConnError(String),
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
diff --git a/martin/src/mbtiles/mod.rs b/martin/src/mbtiles/mod.rs
index 42641df2f..79dbb50e3 100644
--- a/martin/src/mbtiles/mod.rs
+++ b/martin/src/mbtiles/mod.rs
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use async_trait::async_trait;
+use log::trace;
 use martin_mbtiles::MbtilesPool;
 use martin_tile_utils::TileInfo;
 use tilejson::TileJSON;
 
 use crate::file_config::FileError;
-use crate::file_config::FileError::{GetTileError, InvalidMetadata, IoError};
+use crate::file_config::FileError::{AquireConnError, InvalidMetadata, IoError};
 use crate::source::{Tile, UrlQuery};
 use crate::utils::is_valid_zoom;
 use crate::{Error, Source, Xyz};
@@ -86,11 +87,22 @@ impl Source for MbtSource {
     }
 
     async fn get_tile(&self, xyz: &Xyz, _url_query: &Option<UrlQuery>) -> Result<Tile, Error> {
-        Ok(self
+        if let Some(tile) = self
             .mbtiles
             .get_tile(xyz.z, xyz.x, xyz.y)
             .await
-            .map_err(|_| GetTileError(*xyz, self.id.clone()))?
-            .unwrap_or_default())
+            .map_err(|_| AquireConnError(self.id.clone()))?
+        {
+            Ok(tile)
+        } else {
+            trace!(
+                "Couldn't find tile data in {}/{}/{} of {}",
+                xyz.z,
+                xyz.x,
+                xyz.y,
+                &self.id
+            );
+            Ok(Vec::new())
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/martin/src/pmtiles/mod.rs b/martin/src/pmtiles/mod.rs
index 531b53c30..98e3a86b6 100644
--- a/martin/src/pmtiles/mod.rs
+++ b/martin/src/pmtiles/mod.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use async_trait::async_trait;
-use log::warn;
+use log::{trace, warn};
 use martin_tile_utils::{Encoding, Format, TileInfo};
 use pmtiles::async_reader::AsyncPmTilesReader;
 use pmtiles::mmap::MmapBackend;
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use pmtiles::{Compression, TileType};
 use tilejson::TileJSON;
 
 use crate::file_config::FileError;
-use crate::file_config::FileError::{GetTileError, InvalidMetadata, IoError};
+use crate::file_config::FileError::{InvalidMetadata, IoError};
 use crate::source::{Source, Tile, UrlQuery, Xyz};
 use crate::utils::is_valid_zoom;
 use crate::Error;
@@ -136,12 +136,21 @@ impl Source for PmtSource {
 
     async fn get_tile(&self, xyz: &Xyz, _url_query: &Option<UrlQuery>) -> Result<Tile, Error> {
         // TODO: optimize to return Bytes
-        Ok(self
+        if let Some(t) = self
             .pmtiles
             .get_tile(xyz.z, u64::from(xyz.x), u64::from(xyz.y))
             .await
-            .ok_or_else(|| GetTileError(*xyz, self.id.clone()))?
-            .data
-            .to_vec())
+        {
+            Ok(t.data.to_vec())
+        } else {
+            trace!(
+                "Couldn't find tile data in {}/{}/{} of {}",
+                xyz.z,
+                xyz.x,
+                xyz.y,
+                &self.id
+            );
+            Ok(Vec::new())
+        }
     }
 }