diff --git a/conda_forge_tick/cli.py b/conda_forge_tick/cli.py
index f644f55ce4..022a811703 100644
--- a/conda_forge_tick/cli.py
+++ b/conda_forge_tick/cli.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def invoke(self, ctx: click.Context):
 @click.option(
     "--online/--offline",
     default=False,
-    help="Online: Use the GitHub API for accessing the dependency graph. This is useful for local testing. Note "
+    help="online: Use the GitHub API for accessing the dependency graph. This is useful for local testing. Note "
     "however that any write operations will not be performed. Important: The current working directory will be "
     "used to cache JSON files. Local files will be used if they exist.",
 )
diff --git a/conda_forge_tick/lazy_json_backends.py b/conda_forge_tick/lazy_json_backends.py
index 2c16ae27fb..9592f9553c 100644
--- a/conda_forge_tick/lazy_json_backends.py
+++ b/conda_forge_tick/lazy_json_backends.py
@@ -269,6 +269,8 @@ def hget(self, name: str, key: str) -> str:
         sharded_path = get_sharded_path(f"{name}/{key}.json")
         url = urllib.parse.urljoin(self.base_url, sharded_path)
         r = requests.get(url)
+        if r.status_code == 404:
+            raise KeyError(f"Key {key} not found in hashmap {name}")
         r.raise_for_status()
         return r.text
 
diff --git a/tests/test_lazy_json_backends.py b/tests/test_lazy_json_backends.py
index 900967a85b..d77bec8335 100644
--- a/tests/test_lazy_json_backends.py
+++ b/tests/test_lazy_json_backends.py
@@ -550,3 +550,35 @@ def test_hexists_failure(
         mock_head.assert_called_once_with(
             f"{TestGithubLazyJsonBackend.base_url}/name/key.json",
         )
+
+    def test_hkeys(self, backend: GithubLazyJsonBackend) -> None:
+        assert backend.hkeys("name") == []
+
+    def test_hgetall(self, backend: GithubLazyJsonBackend) -> None:
+        assert backend.hgetall("name") == {}
+
+    @mock.patch("requests.get")
+    def test_hget_success(
+        self,
+        mock_get: MagicMock,
+        backend: GithubLazyJsonBackend,
+    ) -> None:
+        mock_get.return_value.status_code = 200
+        mock_get.return_value.text = "{'key': 'value'}"
+        assert backend.hget("name", "key") == "{'key': 'value'}"
+        mock_get.assert_called_once_with(
+            f"{TestGithubLazyJsonBackend.base_url}/name/4/4/0/9/d/key.json",
+        )
+
+    @mock.patch("requests.get")
+    def test_hget_not_found(
+        self,
+        mock_get: MagicMock,
+        backend: GithubLazyJsonBackend,
+    ) -> None:
+        mock_get.return_value.status_code = 404
+        with pytest.raises(KeyError):
+            backend.hget("name", "key")
+        mock_get.assert_called_once_with(
+            f"{TestGithubLazyJsonBackend.base_url}/name/4/4/0/9/d/key.json",
+        )