diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 95e14bc79..7d897442e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 	<artifactId>opensrp-server-core</artifactId>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
-	<version>3.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>3.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<name>opensrp-server-core</name>
 	<description>OpenSRP Server Core module</description>
 	<url>https://github.com/OpenSRP/opensrp-server-core</url>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensrp/repository/postgres/mapper/custom/xml/CustomLocationMetadataMapper.xml b/src/main/java/org/opensrp/repository/postgres/mapper/custom/xml/CustomLocationMetadataMapper.xml
index 5f99cd8f9..5ac0b7f66 100755
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensrp/repository/postgres/mapper/custom/xml/CustomLocationMetadataMapper.xml
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensrp/repository/postgres/mapper/custom/xml/CustomLocationMetadataMapper.xml
@@ -214,11 +214,14 @@
 			WITH RECURSIVE locations
 			AS
 			( SELECT lm1.geojson_id, lm1.parent_id, lm1.location_id, 0 as level
-				FROM core.location_metadata lm1 WHERE geojson_id  IN
-			 	<foreach collection="identifiers" item="value"  open="(" separator="," close=")">
-	       			#{value}
-	   			</foreach>
-		        AND lm1.status IN ('ACTIVE', 'PENDING_REVIEW')
+				FROM core.location_metadata lm1
+				WHERE lm1.status IN ('ACTIVE', 'PENDING_REVIEW')
+				<if test="identifiers != null">
+					AND geojson_id  IN
+					<foreach collection="identifiers" item="value"  open="(" separator="," close=")">
+						#{value}
+					</foreach>
+				</if>
 				UNION
 				SELECT lm2.geojson_id, lm2.parent_id, lm2.location_id,level+1 as level
 				FROM locations lm1