diff --git a/app/models/city.rb b/app/models/city.rb
index 87b730c..153bf92 100644
--- a/app/models/city.rb
+++ b/app/models/city.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 class City < ApplicationRecord
   extend FriendlyId
   friendly_id :slug_candidates, use: :slugged
-  belongs_to :country
+  belongs_to :country, optional: true
   belongs_to :state, optional: true
 
   has_many :weather_arts, dependent: :destroy