diff --git a/cal_tools/cal_tools/tools.py b/cal_tools/cal_tools/tools.py
index 271275a40dc338b0d9bf251c414f007568101979..b1e05a4678de3a39a074cd518580af48a1135d62 100644
--- a/cal_tools/cal_tools/tools.py
+++ b/cal_tools/cal_tools/tools.py
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ def get_from_db(device, constant, condition, empty_constant,
                                                           begin_at))
             return constant.data, metadata
         else:
-            return empty_constant, None
+            return empty_constant, metadata
     else:
         return empty_constant, None