diff --git a/lib/get.js b/lib/get.js
index 9816fdd..e29a762 100644
--- a/lib/get.js
+++ b/lib/get.js
@@ -35,6 +35,17 @@ module.exports = function get(url, options) {
           'content-type': mime.lookup(url),
         },
       };
+    }).catch(function (error) {
+      if (error.code === 'ENOENT') {
+        inliner.emit('warning', 'no such file: ' + url);
+      }
+
+      return {
+        body: '',
+        headers: {
+          'content-type': mime.lookup(url),
+        },
+      };
     });
 
     return cache[url];
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 90a9d5d..3f48db9 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ function Inliner(source, options, callback) {
     this.jobs.done[key] = this.completeJob.bind(this, key);
   }.bind(this));
 
-  this.isFile = false;
+  this.isFile = options.useStdin || false;
 
   this.on('error', function localErrorHandler(event) {
     inliner.callback(event);
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ function main() {
 
     // otherwise we're dealing with an inline string
     debug('inlining by string: ', inliner.source);
+    inliner.isFile = true;
     inliner.url = '.';
     var res = {
       body: new Buffer(inliner.source),
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 30cb94f..220d2ce 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
   "scripts": {
     "cover": "tap test/*.test.js --cov --coverage-report=lcov",
     "lint": "jscs -v cli/*.js lib/*.js",
-    "test": "npm run lint && tap test/*.test.js --cov -R spec",
+    "tap": "tap test/*.test.js --cov -R spec",
+    "test": "npm run lint && npm run tap",
     "semantic-release": "semantic-release pre && npm publish && semantic-release post"
   },
   "keywords": [
diff --git a/test/index.test.js b/test/index.test.js
index a668bf2..f6fe7f6 100644
--- a/test/index.test.js
+++ b/test/index.test.js
@@ -36,6 +36,17 @@ test('inliner core functions', function coreTests(t) {
   });
 });
 
+test('inliner handles given source as local', function sourcedTests(t) {
+  var Inliner = require('../');
+
+  t.plan(1);
+
+  var content = fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/fixtures/css-ext-import.src.html', 'utf8');
+  new Inliner(content, function (error, content) {
+    t.equal(error, null, 'treats local content as file');
+  });
+});
+
 test('failures', function failureTests(t) {
   var Inliner = require('../');
   var throwBack = function (e) { return e; };