diff --git a/calparrot/proxy.py b/calparrot/proxy.py
index 3f58c07efd4e3d6b907757b9533b604740a109f9..b45b0ce1095414d68ff220dcd139529379c6ad24 100644
--- a/calparrot/proxy.py
+++ b/calparrot/proxy.py
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ class ProxyHandler(RequestHandler):
 
     async def get(self, path):
         req_path = path
-        if self.request.query is not None:
+        if self.request.query:
             req_path += '?' + self._normalize_query(self.request.query)
 
         response = await self._get_with_cache(req_path)