diff --git a/transform/sqlmesh_padelnomics/models/foundation/dim_locations.sql b/transform/sqlmesh_padelnomics/models/foundation/dim_locations.sql
index c6177d3..13b4a0c 100644
--- a/transform/sqlmesh_padelnomics/models/foundation/dim_locations.sql
+++ b/transform/sqlmesh_padelnomics/models/foundation/dim_locations.sql
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ locations AS (
     admin1_code,
     admin2_code,
     population,
-    population_year  AS population_year,
     ref_year
   FROM staging.stg_population_geonames
   WHERE lat IS NOT NULL AND lon IS NOT NULL
diff --git a/transform/sqlmesh_padelnomics/models/staging/stg_population_geonames.sql b/transform/sqlmesh_padelnomics/models/staging/stg_population_geonames.sql
index 6f40d10..699c90e 100644
--- a/transform/sqlmesh_padelnomics/models/staging/stg_population_geonames.sql
+++ b/transform/sqlmesh_padelnomics/models/staging/stg_population_geonames.sql
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ WITH parsed AS (
     SELECT UNNEST(rows) AS row
     FROM read_json(
       @LANDING_DIR || '/geonames/*/*/cities_global.json.gz',
-      auto_detect = true
+      auto_detect = true,
+      maximum_object_size = 40000000
     )
   )
   WHERE (row ->> 'geoname_id') IS NOT NULL