diff --git a/pywb/cdx/cdxops.py b/pywb/cdx/cdxops.py
index ca4ad3fb..9cb80197 100644
--- a/pywb/cdx/cdxops.py
+++ b/pywb/cdx/cdxops.py
@@ -291,12 +291,16 @@ def cdx_resolve_revisits(cdx_iter):
     for cdx in cdx_iter:
         is_revisit = cdx.is_revisit()
 
-        digest = cdx[DIGEST]
+        digest = cdx.get(DIGEST)
 
-        original_cdx = originals.get(digest)
+        original_cdx = None
 
-        if not original_cdx and not is_revisit:
-            originals[digest] = cdx
+        # only set if digest is valid, otherwise no way to resolve
+        if digest:
+            original_cdx = originals.get(digest)
+
+            if not original_cdx and not is_revisit:
+                originals[digest] = cdx
 
         if original_cdx and is_revisit:
             fill_orig = lambda field: original_cdx[field]
diff --git a/pywb/cdx/test/test_cdxops.py b/pywb/cdx/test/test_cdxops.py
index 18ec4ffa..42310d64 100644
--- a/pywb/cdx/test/test_cdxops.py
+++ b/pywb/cdx/test/test_cdxops.py
@@ -156,6 +156,14 @@ org,iana)/domains/root/db 20140126200928 http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db tex
 {"urlkey": "com,example)/?example=1", "timestamp": "20140103030321", "url": "http://example.com?example=1", "length": "1043", "filename": "example.warc.gz", "digest": "B2LTWWPUOYAH7UIPQ7ZUPQ4VMBSVC36A", "offset": "333", "orig.length": "-", "orig.offset": "-", "orig.filename": "-"}
 {"urlkey": "com,example)/?example=1", "timestamp": "20140103030341", "url": "http://example.com?example=1", "filename": "example.warc.gz", "length": "553", "mime": "", "offset": "1864", "digest": "B2LTWWPUOYAH7UIPQ7ZUPQ4VMBSVC36A", "orig.length": "1043", "orig.offset": "333", "orig.filename": "example.warc.gz"}
 
+# Resolve Revisit -- cdxj minimal -- output also json
+>>> cdx_ops_test(url = 'http://example.com/?example=1', sources=[get_test_dir() + 'cdxj/example-no-digest.cdxj'], resolveRevisits=True)
+{"urlkey": "com,example)/?example=1", "timestamp": "20140103030321", "url": "http://example.com?example=1", "length": "1043", "filename": "example.warc.gz", "offset": "333", "orig.length": "-", "orig.offset": "-", "orig.filename": "-"}
+{"urlkey": "com,example)/?example=1", "timestamp": "20140103030341", "url": "http://example.com?example=1", "length": "553", "filename": "example.warc.gz", "mime": "warc/revisit", "offset": "1864", "orig.length": "-", "orig.offset": "-", "orig.filename": "-"}
+
+
+
+
 """
 
 #=================================================================
diff --git a/sample_archive/cdxj/example-no-digest.cdxj b/sample_archive/cdxj/example-no-digest.cdxj
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2ffd30f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample_archive/cdxj/example-no-digest.cdxj
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+com,example)/?example=1 20140103030321 {"url": "http://example.com?example=1", "length": "1043", "offset": "333", "filename": "example.warc.gz"}
+com,example)/?example=1 20140103030341 {"url": "http://example.com?example=1", "mime": "warc/revisit", "length": "553", "offset": "1864", "filename": "example.warc.gz"}
+org,iana)/domains/example 20140128051539 {"url": "http://www.iana.org/domains/example", "length": "577", "offset": "2907", "filename": "example.warc.gz"}