diff --git a/src/azul/plugins/repository/tdr_anvil/__init__.py b/src/azul/plugins/repository/tdr_anvil/__init__.py
index e72dec7774..a19a16c462 100644
--- a/src/azul/plugins/repository/tdr_anvil/__init__.py
+++ b/src/azul/plugins/repository/tdr_anvil/__init__.py
@@ -446,39 +446,40 @@ def _retrieve_entities(self,
                            entity_type: EntityType,
                            keys: AbstractSet[Key],
                            ) -> MutableJSONs:
-        if not keys:
-            return []
-        table_name = self._full_table_name(source, entity_type)
-        columns = set.union(
-            self.common_indexed_columns,
-            self.indexed_columns_by_entity_type[entity_type]
-        )
-        pk_column = entity_type + '_id'
-        assert pk_column in columns, entity_type
-        log.debug('Retrieving %i entities of type %r ...', len(keys), entity_type)
-        rows = self._run_sql(f'''
-            SELECT {', '.join(sorted(columns))}
-            FROM {backtick(table_name)}
-            WHERE {pk_column} IN ({', '.join(map(repr, keys))})
-        ''')
+        if keys:
+            table_name = self._full_table_name(source, entity_type)
+            columns = set.union(
+                self.common_indexed_columns,
+                self.indexed_columns_by_entity_type[entity_type]
+            )
+            pk_column = entity_type + '_id'
+            assert pk_column in columns, entity_type
+            log.debug('Retrieving %i entities of type %r ...', len(keys), entity_type)
+            rows = self._run_sql(f'''
+                SELECT {', '.join(sorted(columns))}
+                FROM {backtick(table_name)}
+                WHERE {pk_column} IN ({', '.join(map(repr, keys))})
+            ''')
 
-        def convert_column(value):
-            if isinstance(value, list):
-                value.sort()
-            if isinstance(value, datetime.datetime):
-                return self.format_version(value)
-            else:
-                return value
+            def convert_column(value):
+                if isinstance(value, list):
+                    value.sort()
+                if isinstance(value, datetime.datetime):
+                    return self.format_version(value)
+                else:
+                    return value
 
-        rows = [
-            {k: convert_column(v) for k, v in row.items()}
-            for row in rows
-        ]
-        log.debug('Retrieved %i entities of type %r', len(rows), entity_type)
-        missing = keys - {row[pk_column] for row in rows}
-        require(not missing,
-                f'Required entities not found in {table_name}: {missing}')
-        return rows
+            rows = [
+                {k: convert_column(v) for k, v in row.items()}
+                for row in rows
+            ]
+            log.debug('Retrieved %i entities of type %r', len(rows), entity_type)
+            missing = keys - {row[pk_column] for row in rows}
+            require(not missing,
+                    f'Required entities not found in {table_name}: {missing}')
+            return rows
+        else:
+            return []
 
     common_indexed_columns = {
         'datarepo_row_id',