diff --git a/lib/versioncake/strategies/extraction_strategy.rb b/lib/versioncake/strategies/extraction_strategy.rb
index 8cc0eff..dd0b06e 100644
--- a/lib/versioncake/strategies/extraction_strategy.rb
+++ b/lib/versioncake/strategies/extraction_strategy.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ def extract(request)
         version
       elsif version.is_a?(String) && /[0-9]+/.match(version)
         version.to_i
-      elsif version.nil? # no version was found
+      elsif version_blank?(version)
         nil
       else
         raise Exception, "Invalid format for version number."
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ def version_key
       VersionCake.config.version_key
     end
 
+    def version_blank?(version)
+      version.nil? || (version.is_a?(String) && version.length == 0)
+    end
+
     # Execute should return a number or a numeric string if it successfully finds a version. 
     # If no version is found, nil should be returned. Any other results returned will raise
     # an exception.
diff --git a/lib/versioncake/version_context_service.rb b/lib/versioncake/version_context_service.rb
index f33ae53..00ea8db 100644
--- a/lib/versioncake/version_context_service.rb
+++ b/lib/versioncake/version_context_service.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def create_context_from_request(raw_request)
       request.execute
 
       result = if request.failed
-        :invalid_version
+        :version_invalid
       else
         check_version(resource, request.version)
       end
diff --git a/spec/unit/version_context_service_spec.rb b/spec/unit/version_context_service_spec.rb
index 3f10871..2ea3b9b 100644
--- a/spec/unit/version_context_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/version_context_service_spec.rb
@@ -67,8 +67,24 @@
         it { expect(context.version).to eq nil }
         it { expect(context.resource).to eq resource_user }
         it { expect(context.result).to eq :no_version }
+
+        context 'when the version is blank' do
+          let(:request) { double(version: '', path: 'users/123') }
+
+          it { expect(context.version).to eq nil }
+          it { expect(context.resource).to eq resource_user }
+          it { expect(context.result).to eq :no_version }
+        end
       end
     end
+
+    context 'for an invalid version' do
+      let(:request) { double(version: 'asdasd', path: 'users/123') }
+
+      it { expect(context.version).to eq nil }
+      it { expect(context.resource).to eq resource_user }
+      it { expect(context.result).to eq :version_invalid }
+    end
   end
 
   describe '#create_context' do