diff --git a/src/pg/sql/41_observatory_augmentation.sql b/src/pg/sql/41_observatory_augmentation.sql
index c3c4e15..a8a42a3 100644
--- a/src/pg/sql/41_observatory_augmentation.sql
+++ b/src/pg/sql/41_observatory_augmentation.sql
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ BEGIN
   THEN
      RAISE NOTICE 'Point % is outside of the data region', ST_AsText(geom);
       -- TODO this should return JSON
-     RETURN QUERY SELECT '{}'::text[], '{}'::NUMERIC[];
+     RETURN QUERY SELECT '{}'::json;
      RETURN;
   END IF;