diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bcf98e6..f52ad66 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -413,7 +413,9 @@ A result is arbitrary `[]byte` data saved by a handler or callback via `JobCtx.S
 
 #### Get Result
 
-```go
+If the `jobID` does not exist, `ErrNotFound` will be returned
+
+```go 
 b, err := srv.GetResult(ctx, jobID)
 if err != nil {
 	log.Fatal(err)
diff --git a/chains.go b/chains.go
index 3084b5d..93326f1 100644
--- a/chains.go
+++ b/chains.go
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ func (s *Server) setChainMessage(ctx context.Context, c ChainMessage) error {
 }
 
 func (s *Server) getChainMessage(ctx context.Context, id string) (ChainMessage, error) {
-	b, err := s.results.Get(ctx, chainPrefix+id)
+	b, err := s.GetResult(ctx, chainPrefix+id)
 	if err != nil {
 		return ChainMessage{}, err
 	}
diff --git a/groups.go b/groups.go
index 16a16a3..9c1a8d0 100644
--- a/groups.go
+++ b/groups.go
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ func (s *Server) setGroupMessage(ctx context.Context, g GroupMessage) error {
 }
 
 func (s *Server) getGroupMessage(ctx context.Context, id string) (GroupMessage, error) {
-	b, err := s.results.Get(ctx, groupPrefix+id)
+	b, err := s.GetResult(ctx, groupPrefix+id)
 	if err != nil {
 		return GroupMessage{}, err
 	}
diff --git a/interfaces.go b/interfaces.go
index 4c647f1..8324f23 100644
--- a/interfaces.go
+++ b/interfaces.go
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import (
 
 type Results interface {
 	Get(ctx context.Context, id string) ([]byte, error)
+	// NilError is used to check internally if the "id" is missing
+	NilError() error
 	Set(ctx context.Context, id string, b []byte) error
 	// DeleteJob removes the job's saved metadata from the store
 	DeleteJob(ctx context.Context, id string) error
diff --git a/jobs.go b/jobs.go
index 969604e..7f1492b 100644
--- a/jobs.go
+++ b/jobs.go
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ func (s *Server) GetJob(ctx context.Context, id string) (JobMessage, error) {
 		defer span.End()
 	}
 
-	b, err := s.results.Get(ctx, jobPrefix+id)
+	b, err := s.GetResult(ctx, jobPrefix+id)
 	if err != nil {
 		s.spanError(span, err)
 		return JobMessage{}, err
diff --git a/jobs_test.go b/jobs_test.go
index a8128c0..b4ddfef 100644
--- a/jobs_test.go
+++ b/jobs_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package tasqueue
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -226,8 +227,8 @@ func TestDeleteJob(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	_, err = srv.GetResult(ctx, uuid)
-	if err.Error() != "value not found" {
-		t.Fatalf("job results not deleted")
+	if !errors.Is(err, ErrNotFound) {
+		t.Fatalf("job results not deleted: %v", err)
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/results/in-memory/results.go b/results/in-memory/results.go
index 457c016..de376c6 100644
--- a/results/in-memory/results.go
+++ b/results/in-memory/results.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package inmemory
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"fmt"
+	"errors"
 	"sync"
 )
 
@@ -21,17 +21,23 @@ func New() *Results {
 	}
 }
 
+var errNotFound = errors.New("could not find result in in-memory store")
+
 func (r *Results) Get(ctx context.Context, id string) ([]byte, error) {
 	r.mu.Lock()
 	v, ok := r.store[id]
 	r.mu.Unlock()
 	if !ok {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("value not found")
+		return nil, errNotFound
 	}
 
 	return v, nil
 }
 
+func (r *Results) NilError() error {
+	return errNotFound
+}
+
 func (r *Results) DeleteJob(ctx context.Context, id string) error {
 	r.mu.Lock()
 	delete(r.store, id)
diff --git a/results/nats-js/results.go b/results/nats-js/results.go
index 9607d9b..989745f 100644
--- a/results/nats-js/results.go
+++ b/results/nats-js/results.go
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ func (r *Results) Get(_ context.Context, id string) ([]byte, error) {
 	return rs.Value(), nil
 }
 
+func (r *Results) NilError() error {
+	return nats.ErrKeyNotFound
+}
+
 func (r *Results) Set(_ context.Context, id string, b []byte) error {
 	if _, err := r.conn.Put(resultPrefix+id, b); err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/results/redis/results.go b/results/redis/results.go
index 9da953b..06a56d1 100644
--- a/results/redis/results.go
+++ b/results/redis/results.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package redis
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"errors"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-redis/redis/v8"
@@ -128,9 +127,13 @@ func (r *Results) Get(ctx context.Context, id string) ([]byte, error) {
 	r.lo.Debug("getting result for job", "id", id)
 
 	rs, err := r.conn.Get(ctx, resultPrefix+id).Bytes()
-	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, redis.Nil) {
+	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	return rs, nil
 }
+
+func (r *Results) NilError() error {
+	return redis.Nil
+}
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index 7da0b0c..0e45c3a 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package tasqueue
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"runtime"
 	"sync"
@@ -160,14 +161,21 @@ func (s *Server) GetTasks() []string {
 	return t
 }
 
+var ErrNotFound = errors.New("result not found")
+
 // GetResult() accepts a ID and returns the result of the job in the results store.
 func (s *Server) GetResult(ctx context.Context, id string) ([]byte, error) {
 	b, err := s.results.Get(ctx, id)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+	if err == nil {
+		return b, nil
+	}
+
+	// Check if error is due to key being invalid
+	if errors.Is(err, s.results.NilError()) {
+		return nil, ErrNotFound
 	}
 
-	return b, nil
+	return nil, err
 }
 
 // GetPending() returns the pending job message's in the broker's queue.