diff --git a/src/applications/conduit/protocol/request/ConduitAPIRequest.php b/src/applications/conduit/protocol/request/ConduitAPIRequest.php
index 4a8d3874af..1393f35908 100644
--- a/src/applications/conduit/protocol/request/ConduitAPIRequest.php
+++ b/src/applications/conduit/protocol/request/ConduitAPIRequest.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class ConduitAPIRequest {
   }
 
   public function getValue($key) {
-    return $this->params[$key];
+    return idx($this->params, $key);
   }
 
   public function getAllParameters() {
diff --git a/src/applications/conduit/protocol/request/__init__.php b/src/applications/conduit/protocol/request/__init__.php
index 5aa52afcf9..fa0da2a745 100644
--- a/src/applications/conduit/protocol/request/__init__.php
+++ b/src/applications/conduit/protocol/request/__init__.php
@@ -6,5 +6,7 @@
 
 
 
+phutil_require_module('phutil', 'utils');
+
 
 phutil_require_source('ConduitAPIRequest.php');