diff --git a/deno.json b/deno.json
index a95580a3..d387debf 100644
--- a/deno.json
+++ b/deno.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "lock": false,
   "name": "@bartlomieju/postgres",
-  "version": "0.19.1",
+  "version": "0.19.2",
   "exports": "./mod.ts"
 }
diff --git a/query/decode.ts b/query/decode.ts
index fb13afa3..38df157e 100644
--- a/query/decode.ts
+++ b/query/decode.ts
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ export function decode(
       return decoderFunc(strValue, column.typeOid, parseArray);
     } // if no custom decoder is found and the oid is for an array type, check if there is
     // a decoder for the base type and use that with the array parser
-    else if (oidType.includes("_array")) {
+    else if (oidType?.includes("_array")) {
       const baseOidType = oidType.replace("_array", "") as OidType;
       // check if the base type is in the Oid object
       if (baseOidType in Oid) {