diff --git a/tiles/src/main/java/com/protomaps/basemap/Basemap.java b/tiles/src/main/java/com/protomaps/basemap/Basemap.java
index d2d46a38..a5157915 100644
--- a/tiles/src/main/java/com/protomaps/basemap/Basemap.java
+++ b/tiles/src/main/java/com/protomaps/basemap/Basemap.java
@@ -159,15 +159,15 @@ static void run(Arguments args) throws IOException {
     Path dataDir = Path.of("data");
     Path sourcesDir = dataDir.resolve("sources");
 
-    Path nePath = sourcesDir.resolve("natural_earth_vector.sqlite.zip");
-    String neUrl = "https://naciscdn.org/naturalearth/packages/natural_earth_vector.sqlite.zip";
+    Path nePath = sourcesDir.resolve("natural_earth_vector.gpkg.zip");
+    String neUrl = "https://naciscdn.org/naturalearth/packages/natural_earth_vector.gpkg.zip";
 
     var countryCoder = CountryCoder.fromJarResource();
 
     String area = args.getString("area", "geofabrik area to download", "monaco");
 
     var planetiler = Planetiler.create(args)
-      .addNaturalEarthSource("ne", nePath, neUrl)
+      .addGeoPackageSource("ne", nePath, neUrl)
       .addOsmSource("osm", Path.of("data", "sources", area + ".osm.pbf"), "geofabrik:" + area)
       .addShapefileSource("osm_water", sourcesDir.resolve("water-polygons-split-3857.zip"),
         "https://osmdata.openstreetmap.de/download/water-polygons-split-3857.zip")
diff --git a/tiles/src/main/java/com/protomaps/basemap/layers/Boundaries.java b/tiles/src/main/java/com/protomaps/basemap/layers/Boundaries.java
index fb9c1ade..2d0a604f 100644
--- a/tiles/src/main/java/com/protomaps/basemap/layers/Boundaries.java
+++ b/tiles/src/main/java/com/protomaps/basemap/layers/Boundaries.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public void processNe(SourceFeature sf, FeatureCollector features) {
     }
 
     if (!kind.isEmpty()) {
-      switch (sf.getString("featurecla")) {
+      switch (sf.getString("featurecla", "")) {
         case "Disputed (please verify)" -> {
           kind = "country";
           disputed = true;