diff --git a/bin/units b/bin/units
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..b011e2ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/units
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+node test/unit/run.js | ./node_modules/.bin/tap-dot
diff --git a/middleware/localNamingConventions.js b/middleware/localNamingConventions.js
index dd026bb3..e2851370 100644
--- a/middleware/localNamingConventions.js
+++ b/middleware/localNamingConventions.js
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ function applyLocalNamingConventions(req, res, next) {
 
   // loop through data items and flip relevant number/street
   res.data.filter(function(place){
+    // do nothing for records with no admin info
+    if (!place.parent || !place.parent.country_a) { return false; }
+
     // relevant for some countries
     var flip = place.parent.country_a.some(function(country) {
       return _.includes(flipNumberAndStreetCountries, country);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f97df8eb..0c0cc1f7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "start": "node index.js",
     "test": "npm run unit",
-    "unit": "node test/unit/run.js | tap-dot",
+    "unit": "./bin/units",
     "ciao": "node node_modules/ciao/bin/ciao -c test/ciao.json test/ciao",
     "coverage": "node_modules/.bin/istanbul cover test/unit/run.js",
     "audit": "npm shrinkwrap; node node_modules/nsp/bin/nspCLI.js audit-shrinkwrap; rm npm-shrinkwrap.json;",
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     "async": "^1.5.2",
     "check-types": "^6.0.0",
     "cluster2": "git://github.com/missinglink/cluster2.git#node_zero_twelve",
-    "elasticsearch": "^10.1.3",
+    "elasticsearch": "^11.0.0",
     "express": "^4.8.8",
     "express-http-proxy": "^0.6.0",
     "extend": "3.0.0",
diff --git a/test/unit/middleware/localNamingConventions.js b/test/unit/middleware/localNamingConventions.js
index c544abe7..1d4102f0 100644
--- a/test/unit/middleware/localNamingConventions.js
+++ b/test/unit/middleware/localNamingConventions.js
@@ -77,8 +77,21 @@ module.exports.tests.flipNumberAndStreet = function(test, common) {
     }
   };
 
+  var unknownCountryAddress = {
+    '_id': 'test4',
+    '_type': 'test',
+    'name': { 'default': '123 Main Street' },
+    'center_point': { 'lon': 30.1, 'lat': -50 },
+    'address_parts': {
+       'number': '123',
+       'street': 'Main Street'
+    },
+    'parent': {
+    }
+  };
+
   var req = {},
-      res = { data: [ ukAddress, deAddress, nlAddress ] },
+      res = { data: [ ukAddress, deAddress, nlAddress, unknownCountryAddress ] },
       middleware = localNamingConventions();
 
   test('flipNumberAndStreet', function(t) {
@@ -96,6 +109,10 @@ module.exports.tests.flipNumberAndStreet = function(test, common) {
       // this definition comes from pelias configuration
       t.equal( res.data[2].name.default, 'Keizersgracht 117', 'flipped name' );
 
+      // addresses without a known country (either due to missing data or admin lookup
+      // being disabled), don't have the name flipped
+      t.equal( res.data[3].name.default, '123 Main Street', 'standard name');
+
       t.end();
     });
   });