diff --git a/lib/spring/client/rails.rb b/lib/spring/client/rails.rb
index 23029f29..626e9b9f 100644
--- a/lib/spring/client/rails.rb
+++ b/lib/spring/client/rails.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def call
 
         if COMMANDS.include?(command_name)
           Run.call(["rails_#{command_name}", *args.drop(2)])
-        elsif command_name.start_with?("db:")
+        elsif command_name&.start_with?("db:")
           Run.call(["rake", *args.drop(1)])
         else
           require "spring/configuration"
diff --git a/test/support/acceptance_test.rb b/test/support/acceptance_test.rb
index b1ae9161..64c2e4e5 100644
--- a/test/support/acceptance_test.rb
+++ b/test/support/acceptance_test.rb
@@ -694,6 +694,10 @@ def exec_name
         refute_output_includes "bin/rails runner ''", stderr: "WARN"
       end
 
+      test "rails without arguments" do
+        assert_success "bin/rails"
+      end
+
       test "rails db:migrate" do
         assert_speedup do
           2.times { app.run "bin/rails db:migrate" }