diff --git a/app/models/place.rb b/app/models/place.rb
index b2d7525c..4ee6a0e1 100644
--- a/app/models/place.rb
+++ b/app/models/place.rb
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ class Place < ApplicationRecord
   has_many :place_visits, dependent: :destroy
   has_many :suggested_visits, -> { distinct }, through: :place_visits, source: :visit
 
+  before_validation :build_lonlat, if: -> { latitude.present? && longitude.present? }
+
   validates :name, presence: true
   validates :latitude, :longitude, presence: true
-
-  before_validation :build_lonlat, if: -> { latitude.present? && longitude.present? }
+  validates :lonlat, presence: true
 
   enum :source, { manual: 0, photon: 1 }
 
diff --git a/spec/models/place_spec.rb b/spec/models/place_spec.rb
index cf6852c4..915ab0ca 100644
--- a/spec/models/place_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/place_spec.rb
@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@ RSpec.describe Place, type: :model do
 
     describe '#lon' do
       it 'returns the longitude' do
-        expect(place.lon).to eq(13.0948638)
+        expect(place.lon).to be_within(0.000001).of(13.0948638)
       end
     end
 
     describe '#lat' do
       it 'returns the latitude' do
-        expect(place.lat).to eq(54.2905245)
+        expect(place.lat).to be_within(0.000001).of(54.2905245)
       end
     end
   end