diff --git a/src/cloudflare/internal/vectorize-api.ts b/src/cloudflare/internal/vectorize-api.ts
index 070c4b7e4d9..3943571d4a9 100644
--- a/src/cloudflare/internal/vectorize-api.ts
+++ b/src/cloudflare/internal/vectorize-api.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class VectorizeIndexImpl implements Vectorize {
     if (this.indexVersion === "v2") {
       if (!isVectorizeMetadataRetrievalLevel(options?.returnMetadata) ) {
         throw new Error(
-          `Invalid returnMetadata option. Expected: "none", "indexed" or "all"; got: ${options.returnMetadata}`
+          `Invalid returnMetadata option. Expected: "none", "indexed" or "all"; got: ${options?.returnMetadata}`
         );
       }
       const res = await this._send(Operation.VECTOR_QUERY, `query`, {
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ class VectorizeIndexImpl implements Vectorize {
 
       return await toJson<VectorizeMatches>(res);
     } else {
-      if (options && options.returnMetadata && typeof options.returnMetadata !== 'boolean') {
+      if (typeof options?.returnMetadata !== 'boolean') {
         throw new Error(
-          `Invalid returnMetadata option. Expected boolean; got: ${options.returnMetadata}`
+          `Invalid returnMetadata option. Expected boolean; got: ${options?.returnMetadata}`
         );
       }
       const compat = {