diff --git a/docs/network/index.html b/docs/network/index.html
index c98ced3a..9bdf520a 100644
--- a/docs/network/index.html
+++ b/docs/network/index.html
@@ -611,13 +611,18 @@ var locales = {
             </tr>
             <tr class="collapsible toggle" onclick="toggleTable('methodTable','findNode', this);">
                 <td colspan="2"><span parent="findNode" class="right-caret" id="method_findNode"></span> findNode(
-                    <code>String nodeId</code>)
+                    <code>String/Number nodeId</code>)
             </tr>
             <tr class="hidden" parent="findNode">
                 <td class="midMethods">Returns: Array</td>
                 <td>Nodes can be in clusters. Clusters can also be in clusters. This function returns and array of
-                    nodeIds
-                    showing where the node is. <br><br> Example:
+                    nodeIds showing where the node is.
+
+                    <br><br>
+                    If any nodeId in the chain, especially the first passed in as a parameter, is not present in
+                    the current nodes list, an empty array is returned.
+
+                    <br><br> Example:
                     cluster 'A' contains cluster 'B',
                     cluster 'B' contains cluster 'C',
                     cluster 'C' contains node 'fred'.
diff --git a/lib/network/modules/Clustering.js b/lib/network/modules/Clustering.js
index b039a0fc..f295c162 100644
--- a/lib/network/modules/Clustering.js
+++ b/lib/network/modules/Clustering.js
@@ -689,22 +689,32 @@ class ClusterEngine {
 
   /**
   * Get the stack clusterId's that a certain node resides in. cluster A -> cluster B -> cluster C -> node
-  * @param nodeId
+  *
+  * If a node can't be found in the chain, return an empty array.
+  *
+  * @param {string|number} nodeId
   * @returns {Array}
   */
   findNode(nodeId) {
     let stack = [];
     let max = 100;
     let counter = 0;
+    let node;
 
     while (this.clusteredNodes[nodeId] !== undefined && counter < max) {
-      stack.push(this.body.nodes[nodeId].id);
+      node = this.body.nodes[nodeId]
+      if (node === undefined) return [];
+      stack.push(node.id);
+
       nodeId = this.clusteredNodes[nodeId].clusterId;
       counter++;
     }
-    stack.push(this.body.nodes[nodeId].id);
-    stack.reverse();
 
+    node = this.body.nodes[nodeId]
+    if (node === undefined) return [];
+    stack.push(node.id);
+
+    stack.reverse();
     return stack;
   }