diff --git a/src/components/Local/CloseEvents.vue b/src/components/Local/CloseEvents.vue
index 03437d43b..ae1d303c9 100644
--- a/src/components/Local/CloseEvents.vue
+++ b/src/components/Local/CloseEvents.vue
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ const eventsQuery = useQuery<{
   orderBy: EventSortField.BEGINS_ON,
   direction: SortDirection.ASC,
   longevents: false,
-  location: geoHash.value,
+  location: geoHash.value ?? "",
   radius: distance.value,
   limit: 93,
 }));
diff --git a/src/views/HomeView.vue b/src/views/HomeView.vue
index 1821651b0..a84d720ff 100644
--- a/src/views/HomeView.vue
+++ b/src/views/HomeView.vue
@@ -411,6 +411,11 @@ const { result: reverseGeocodeResult } = useQuery<{
 const userSettingsLocation = computed(() => {
   const location = reverseGeocodeResult.value?.reverseGeocode[0];
   const placeName = location?.locality ?? location?.region ?? location?.country;
+  console.debug(
+    "userSettingsLocation from reverseGeocode",
+    location,
+    placeName
+  );
   return {
     lat: coords.value?.latitude,
     lon: coords.value?.longitude,
@@ -426,6 +431,10 @@ const { result: currentUserLocationResult } = useQuery<{
 
 // The user's location currently in the Apollo cache
 const currentUserLocation = computed(() => {
+  console.debug(
+    "currentUserLocation from LocationType",
+    currentUserLocationResult.value
+  );
   return {
     ...(currentUserLocationResult.value?.currentUserLocation ?? {
       lat: undefined,