diff --git a/src/auth/getExtractJWT.js b/src/auth/getExtractJWT.js
index 42be46b90b..6b2e78d4e2 100644
--- a/src/auth/getExtractJWT.js
+++ b/src/auth/getExtractJWT.js
@@ -1,20 +1,22 @@
 const parseCookies = require('../utilities/parseCookies');
 
 const getExtractJWT = (config) => (req) => {
-  const jwtFromHeader = req.get('Authorization');
-  const origin = req.get('Origin');
+  if (req && req.get) {
+    const jwtFromHeader = req.get('Authorization');
+    const origin = req.get('Origin');
 
-  if (jwtFromHeader && jwtFromHeader.indexOf('JWT ') === 0) {
-    return jwtFromHeader.replace('JWT ', '');
-  }
+    if (jwtFromHeader && jwtFromHeader.indexOf('JWT ') === 0) {
+      return jwtFromHeader.replace('JWT ', '');
+    }
 
-  const cookies = parseCookies(req);
-  const tokenCookieName = `${config.cookiePrefix}-token`;
+    const cookies = parseCookies(req);
+    const tokenCookieName = `${config.cookiePrefix}-token`;
 
-  if (cookies && cookies[tokenCookieName]) {
-    if (!origin || (config.csrf && config.csrf.indexOf(origin) > -1)) {
-      const token = cookies[tokenCookieName];
-      return token;
+    if (cookies && cookies[tokenCookieName]) {
+      if (!origin || (config.csrf && config.csrf.indexOf(origin) > -1)) {
+        const token = cookies[tokenCookieName];
+        return token;
+      }
     }
   }