diff --git a/__tests__/event-types.test.ts b/__tests__/event-types.test.ts
index d6eb7fe57f..2a76abd3cd 100644
--- a/__tests__/event-types.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/event-types.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ afterAll((done) => {
   done();
 });
 
-describe("/api/event-types/[id]", () => {
+describe("/api/event-types/[id] with valid id as string returns an event-type", () => {
   it("returns a message with the specified events", async () => {
     const { req, res } = createMocks({
       method: "GET",
@@ -49,3 +49,33 @@ describe("/api/event-types/[id] errors if query id is number, requires a string"
     ]);
   });
 });
+
+describe("/api/event-types/[id] an id not present in db like 0, throws 404 not found", () => {
+  it("returns a message with the specified events", async () => {
+    const { req, res } = createMocks({
+      method: "GET",
+      query: {
+        id: "0", // There's no event type with id 0
+      },
+    });
+    await handleEvent(req, res);
+
+    expect(res._getStatusCode()).toBe(404);
+    expect(JSON.parse(res._getData())).toStrictEqual({ error: "Event type not found" });
+  });
+});
+
+describe("/api/event-types/[id] only allow GET, fails with POST", () => {
+  it("returns a message with the specified events", async () => {
+    const { req, res } = createMocks({
+      method: "POST", // This POST method is not allowed
+      query: {
+        id: "1",
+      },
+    });
+    await handleEvent(req, res);
+
+    expect(res._getStatusCode()).toBe(405);
+    expect(JSON.parse(res._getData())).toStrictEqual({ error: "Only GET Method allowed" });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/pages/api/event-types/[id].ts b/pages/api/event-types/[id].ts
index 7ecc4362c9..8694d32c38 100644
--- a/pages/api/event-types/[id].ts
+++ b/pages/api/event-types/[id].ts
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ const prisma = new PrismaClient();
 
 const schema = z
   .object({
+    // since nextjs parses query params as strings,
+    // we need to cast them to numbers using z.transform() and parseInt()
     id: z
       .string()
       .regex(/^\d+$/)
@@ -28,20 +30,12 @@ type ResponseData = {
 export async function eventType(req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse<ResponseData>) {
   const { query, method } = req;
   if (method === "GET") {
-    try {
-      const safe = await schema.safeParse(query);
-      // if (!safe.success) {
-      //   res.status(500).json({ error: safe.error.message });
-      // }
-      if (safe.success) {
-        const event = await prisma.eventType.findUnique({ where: { id: safe.data.id } });
+    const safe = await schema.safeParse(query);
+    if (safe.success) {
+      const event = await prisma.eventType.findUnique({ where: { id: safe.data.id } });
 
-        if (event) res.status(200).json({ data: event });
-        if (!event) res.status(404).json({ error: "Event type not found" });
-      }
-    } catch (error) {
-      console.log("catched", error);
-      res.status(500).json({ error: error });
+      if (event) res.status(200).json({ data: event });
+      if (!event) res.status(404).json({ error: "Event type not found" });
     }
   } else {
     // Reject any other HTTP method than POST