diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3f068ea..3c6950c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -25,4 +25,6 @@ CHANGE LOG
 - updated Travis tests to use Node v8.9.3 (production)
 - updated README.md minimum requirements
 - added 'attributes' column to local_areas
-- implemented new notification architecture
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+- implemented new notification architecture
+- requires cognicity-server v3.0.6 or later
+- handle null instance region codes
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diff --git a/schema/reports/grasp/grasp.functions.sql b/schema/reports/grasp/grasp.functions.sql
index 88eac9d..83f8876 100644
--- a/schema/reports/grasp/grasp.functions.sql
+++ b/schema/reports/grasp/grasp.functions.sql
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION grasp.push_to_all_reports(varchar)
           FROM grasp.cards AS cards, grasp.reports AS reports WHERE cards.card_id = cardId::uuid AND reports.card_id = cardId::uuid
           RETURNING pkey INTO reportId;
 
-          SELECT r.tags->>'instance_region_code', r.lang INTO instanceRegionCode, lang FROM cognicity.all_reports r WHERE r.pkey = reportId;
+          SELECT COALESCE( NULLIF(r.tags->>'instance_region_code', ''),'null'), r.lang INTO instanceRegionCode, lang FROM cognicity.all_reports r WHERE r.pkey = reportId;
           SELECT c.username, c.network INTO username, network FROM grasp.cards c WHERE card_id = cardId::uuid;
 
       RETURN ('{"reportId":' || reportId || ', "instanceRegionCode":"'|| instanceRegionCode ||'", "language":"' || lang || '", "username":"' || username ||'", "network":"' || network ||'"}');