diff --git a/middleware/confidenceScore.js b/middleware/confidenceScore.js
index 39ea45b2..2e9eb1c6 100644
--- a/middleware/confidenceScore.js
+++ b/middleware/confidenceScore.js
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ function checkForDealBreakers(req, hit) {
     return false;
   }
 
-  if (check.assigned(req.clean.parsed_text.state) && req.clean.parsed_text.state !== hit.parent.region_a[0]) {
+  if (check.assigned(req.clean.parsed_text.state) && hit.parent.region_a && req.clean.parsed_text.state !== hit.parent.region_a[0]) {
     logger.debug('[confidence][deal-breaker]: state !== region_a');
     return true;
   }
@@ -219,8 +219,8 @@ function checkAddress(text, hit) {
     res += propMatch(text.number, (hit.address_parts ? hit.address_parts.number : null), false);
     res += propMatch(text.street, (hit.address_parts ? hit.address_parts.street : null), false);
     res += propMatch(text.postalcode, (hit.address_parts ? hit.address_parts.zip: null), true);
-    res += propMatch(text.state, hit.parent.region_a[0], true);
-    res += propMatch(text.country, hit.parent.country_a[0], true);
+    res += propMatch(text.state, (hit.parent.region_a ? hit.parent.region_a[0] : null), true);
+    res += propMatch(text.country, (hit.parent.country_a ? hit.parent.country_a[0] :null), true);
 
     res /= checkCount;
   }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c3a3d01a..19314d04 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     "pelias-logger": "0.0.8",
     "pelias-model": "4.1.0",
     "pelias-query": "8.1.3",
-    "pelias-text-analyzer": "1.1.0",
+    "pelias-text-analyzer": "1.2.0",
     "stats-lite": "2.0.3",
     "through2": "2.0.1"
   },
diff --git a/test/unit/middleware/confidenceScore.js b/test/unit/middleware/confidenceScore.js
index f629874b..7d6ba87d 100644
--- a/test/unit/middleware/confidenceScore.js
+++ b/test/unit/middleware/confidenceScore.js
@@ -94,6 +94,38 @@ module.exports.tests.confidenceScore = function(test, common) {
     t.end();
   });
 
+  test('undefined region fields should be handled gracefully', function(t) {
+    var req = {
+      clean: {
+        text: '123 Main St, City, NM',
+        parsed_text: {
+          number: 123,
+          street: 'Main St',
+          state: 'NM'
+        }
+      }
+    };
+    var res = {
+      data: [{
+        _score: 10,
+        found: true,
+        value: 1,
+        center_point: { lat: 100.1, lon: -50.5 },
+        name: { default: 'test name1' },
+        parent: {
+          country: ['country1'],
+          region: undefined,
+          region_a: undefined,
+          county: ['city1']
+        }
+      }],
+      meta: {scores: [10]}
+    };
+
+    confidenceScore(req, res, function() {});
+    t.equal(res.data[0].confidence, 0.28, 'score was set');
+    t.end();
+  });
 };
 
 module.exports.all = function (tape, common) {