diff --git a/R/KorAPConnection.R b/R/KorAPConnection.R
index 90f72c1..1d6ba82 100644
--- a/R/KorAPConnection.R
+++ b/R/KorAPConnection.R
@@ -149,7 +149,8 @@
   if (kco@cache) {
     parsed <- R.cache::loadCache(dir=KorAPCacheSubDir(), key=list(url, kco@accessToken))
     if (!is.null(parsed)) {
-      parsed$meta$cached <- "local"
+      if (!is.null(parsed$META))
+        parsed$meta$cached <- "local"
       return(parsed)
     }
   }