diff --git a/src/Exceptions/SnapshotDataIncomplete.php b/src/Exceptions/SnapshotDataIncomplete.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d61b7a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Exceptions/SnapshotDataIncomplete.php
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Matthewbdaly\LaravelErrorSnapshot\Exceptions;
+
+/**
+ * Snapshot data incomplete exception
+ */
+class SnapshotDataIncomplete extends \Exception
+{
+}
diff --git a/src/Listeners/SnapshotCaptured.php b/src/Listeners/SnapshotCaptured.php
index 7d56f44..d85c296 100644
--- a/src/Listeners/SnapshotCaptured.php
+++ b/src/Listeners/SnapshotCaptured.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
 use Matthewbdaly\LaravelErrorSnapshot\Events\SnapshotCaptured as Capture;
 use Matthewbdaly\LaravelErrorSnapshot\Contracts\Repositories\Snapshot;
+use Matthewbdaly\LaravelErrorSnapshot\Exceptions\SnapshotDataIncomplete;
 
 /**
  * Handles snapshot capture
@@ -38,6 +39,10 @@ public function __construct(Snapshot $repository)
      */
     public function handle(Capture $event)
     {
-        $this->repository->create($event->getData());
+        $data = $event->getData();
+        if (!array_key_exists('trace', $data)) {
+            throw new SnapshotDataIncomplete;
+        }
+        $this->repository->create($data);
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Events/SnapshotCapturedTest.php b/tests/Unit/Events/SnapshotCapturedTest.php
index 1eea6b9..7d268e1 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Events/SnapshotCapturedTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Events/SnapshotCapturedTest.php
@@ -19,6 +19,17 @@ public function testCaptureSnapshot($data)
         $this->app->instance('Matthewbdaly\LaravelErrorSnapshot\Contracts\Repositories\Snapshot', $repo);
         event(new SnapshotCaptured($data));
     }
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider dataProvider
+     * @expectedException Matthewbdaly\LaravelErrorSnapshot\Exceptions\SnapshotDataIncomplete
+     */
+    public function testCaptureSnapshotIncompleteData($data)
+    {
+        unset($data['trace']);
+        $repo = m::mock('Matthewbdaly\LaravelErrorSnapshot\Contracts\Repositories\Snapshot');
+        $this->app->instance('Matthewbdaly\LaravelErrorSnapshot\Contracts\Repositories\Snapshot', $repo);
+        event(new SnapshotCaptured($data));
+    }
 
     public function dataProvider()
     {