diff --git a/3.0/connectwise/company.go b/3.0/connectwise/company.go
index d708c10..f87d802 100644
--- a/3.0/connectwise/company.go
+++ b/3.0/connectwise/company.go
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@ func (cw *Site) GetCompanyByName(companyName string) (*[]Company, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal body into struct: %s", err)
 	}
+	if len(*co) == 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("ConnectWise returned no results for %s", companyName)
+	}
 
 	return co, nil
 }
diff --git a/3.0/connectwise/requests.go b/3.0/connectwise/requests.go
index b1d14cc..e3cb840 100644
--- a/3.0/connectwise/requests.go
+++ b/3.0/connectwise/requests.go
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ type Request struct {
 //NewRequest is a function which takes the mandatory fields to perform a request to the CW API and returns a pointer to a Request struct
 func NewRequest(cw *Site, restAction, method string, body []byte) *Request {
 	req := Request{CW: cw, RestAction: restAction, Method: method, Body: body}
+	req.Parameters = make(map[string]string)
+
 	return &req
 }