diff --git a/app/services/doc_auth/lexis_nexis/requests/true_id_request.rb b/app/services/doc_auth/lexis_nexis/requests/true_id_request.rb
index 01762f35d18..31a37282838 100644
--- a/app/services/doc_auth/lexis_nexis/requests/true_id_request.rb
+++ b/app/services/doc_auth/lexis_nexis/requests/true_id_request.rb
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ def body
               Back: encode(back_image),
               Selfie: (encode(selfie_image) if include_liveness?),
               DocumentType: 'DriversLicense',
-            },
-          }.compact
+            }.compact,
+          }
 
           settings.merge(document).to_json
         end
diff --git a/spec/services/doc_auth/lexis_nexis/requests/true_id_request_spec.rb b/spec/services/doc_auth/lexis_nexis/requests/true_id_request_spec.rb
index e2b235bb97e..33abcc154b1 100644
--- a/spec/services/doc_auth/lexis_nexis/requests/true_id_request_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/doc_auth/lexis_nexis/requests/true_id_request_spec.rb
@@ -89,6 +89,12 @@
       let(:workflow) { 'test_workflow' }
       let(:image_source) { DocAuth::ImageSources::ACUANT_SDK }
       it_behaves_like 'a successful request'
+
+      it 'does not include a nil selfie in the request body sent to TrueID' do
+        body_as_json = subject.send(:body)
+        body_as_hash = JSON.parse(body_as_json)
+        expect(body_as_hash['Document']).not_to have_key('Selfie')
+      end
     end
     context 'with unknown image source' do
       let(:workflow) { 'test_workflow_cropping' }