diff --git a/app/geoapify_api_types.ts b/app/geoapify_api_types.ts
index 7e22c16ef40cb22183800c87ca27d5eec2919fbc..2da1580dfde4a683778510423bcaaf9c2b1c8454 100644
--- a/app/geoapify_api_types.ts
+++ b/app/geoapify_api_types.ts
@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@ export type GeoapifyPlaceDetailsResult = {
 export enum GeoapifyFilters {
   LIMIT = 3,
   FORMAT = 'json',
-  BIAS = 'countrycode:de',
+  BIAS = 'rect:5.9,47.3,15.1,55',
 }
diff --git a/app/geoapify_test.ts b/app/geoapify_test.ts
index 0bc7ca8022666b8ec3068c278dfb578d96f6ab36..e68e4f0a2076db76e906e301058d8e039046533d 100644
--- a/app/geoapify_test.ts
+++ b/app/geoapify_test.ts
@@ -93,9 +93,8 @@ describe('places', () => {
       DEFAULT_LANGUAGE,
       placesApiKey,
     )
-
     const expectedUrl = new URL(
-      `https://api.geoapify.com/v1/geocode/autocomplete?text=Munich&limit=3&format=json&lang=en&bias=countrycode%3Ade&apiKey=${placesApiKey}`,
+      `https://api.geoapify.com/v1/geocode/autocomplete?text=Munich&limit=3&format=json&lang=en&bias=rect%3A5.9%2C47.3%2C15.1%2C55&apiKey=${placesApiKey}`,
     )
     assertSpyCall(fetchStub, 0, { args: [expectedUrl] })
   })
diff --git a/app/server.ts b/app/server.ts
index f8ba4e369d4567cedcd4052a1f988ddb265d3a77..bb1916a5644152fd5956dd50ba9b01a520e290c1 100644
--- a/app/server.ts
+++ b/app/server.ts
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ export const startServer = (config: ServerConfig): Promise<void> => {
       )
       if (config.fake) {
         logger.info(
-          `Server is serving fake data due to FAKE env var set to true`,
+          'Server is serving fake data due to FAKE env var set to true',
         )
       }
     },