diff --git a/mapchete_eo/base.py b/mapchete_eo/base.py
index c98485e..aa3bb59 100644
--- a/mapchete_eo/base.py
+++ b/mapchete_eo/base.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from typing import Any, Callable, List, Optional, Type, Union
 
 import croniter
+from mapchete import Bounds
 import numpy.ma as ma
 import xarray as xr
 from dateutil.tz import tzutc
@@ -436,7 +437,13 @@ def _init_area(self, input_params: dict) -> BaseGeometry:
         process_area = input_params["delimiters"]["effective_area"]
         if self.params.area:
             # read area parameter and intersect with effective area
-            configured_area, configured_area_crs = guess_geometry(self.params.area)
+            configured_area, configured_area_crs = guess_geometry(
+                self.params.area,
+                bounds=Bounds.from_inp(
+                    input_params.get("delimiters", {}).get("bounds"),
+                    crs=getattr(input_params.get("pyramid"), "crs"),
+                ),
+            )
             return process_area.intersection(
                 reproject_geometry(
                     configured_area,
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3dfa7f2..24a674f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "click",
     "croniter",
     "lxml",
-    "mapchete[complete]>=2025.6.0",
+    "mapchete[complete]>=2025.10.0",
     "opencv-python-headless",
     "Pillow",
     "pydantic",