diff --git a/bookwyrm/connectors/inventaire.py b/bookwyrm/connectors/inventaire.py
index df9b2e43a..a330b2c4a 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/connectors/inventaire.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/connectors/inventaire.py
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ class Connector(AbstractConnector):
                 edition_data = self.get_book_data(edition_data)
             except ConnectorException:
                 # who, indeed, knows
-                return
-        super().create_edition_from_data(work, edition_data, instance=instance)
+                return None
+        return super().create_edition_from_data(work, edition_data, instance=instance)
 
     def get_cover_url(self, cover_blob, *_):
         """format the relative cover url into an absolute one: