diff --git a/lib/tasks/test_api.rake b/lib/tasks/test_api.rake
index 20053ff..5a1d2f8 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/test_api.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/test_api.rake
@@ -501,11 +501,13 @@ namespace :test_api do
 	if misses + hits != yesterday_appearances
 	     error_message += "Error! Question #{question.id} isn't tracking prompt cache hits and misses accurately! Expected #{yesterday_appearances}, Actual: #{misses+hits}\n"
 	end
-
-	miss_rate = misses.to_f / yesterday_appearances.to_f
-	if miss_rate > 0.1
+	
+	if yesterday_appearances > 5 # this test isn't worthwhile for small numbers of appearances
+	  miss_rate = misses.to_f / yesterday_appearances.to_f
+	  if miss_rate > 0.1
 	     error_message += "Error! Question #{question.id} has less than 90% of appearances taken from a pre-generated cache! Expected <#{0.1}, Actual: #{miss_rate}, total appearances yesterday: #{yesterday_appearances}\n"
-	end
+	  end
+        end
         return error_message.blank? ? [success_message, false] : [error_message, true] 
    end
 
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