diff --git a/src/geojson_sfg.cpp b/src/geojson_sfg.cpp
index 27399c0..dcb13e7 100644
--- a/src/geojson_sfg.cpp
+++ b/src/geojson_sfg.cpp
@@ -54,11 +54,21 @@ void get_integer_points( const Value& point_array, int& n, Rcpp::IntegerVector i
 void get_numeric_points( const Value& point_array, int& n, Rcpp::NumericVector nv,
                          Rcpp::NumericVector& bbox ) {
 	int i;
-	if (point_array.Size() == 0 ) {
-		Rcpp::stop("mis-specified geometry");
-	}
+	// if (point_array.Size() < 0 ) {
+	// 	Rcpp::stop("mis-specified geometry");
+	// }
+
+	// if ( n < 0 || point_array.Size() == 0 ) {
+	// 	Rcpp::stop("mis-specified geometry");
+	// }
+
+	// Rcpp::Rcout << "n: " << n << std::endl;
+	// Rcpp::Rcout << "points_size: " << point_array.Size() << std::endl;
+	// const Value& v = point_array[0];
+	// Rcpp::Rcout << "v.type: " << v.GetType() << std::endl;
+
 	for ( i = 0; i < n; i++ ) {
-		validate_point(point_array[i]);
+	  validate_point(point_array[i]);
 		nv[i] = point_array[i].GetDouble();
 	}
 	calculate_bbox(bbox, nv);
@@ -140,9 +150,16 @@ void get_line_string( const Value& line_array, Rcpp::NumericVector& bbox, Rcpp::
  		for( row = 0; row < n; row++ ) {
  			const Value& coord_array = line_array[ row ];
  			int n_points = coord_array.Size();
+
+ 			if( n_points <= 1 ) {
+ 				Rcpp::stop("mis-specified geometry");
+ 			}
+
 			if( n_points > max_cols ) {
 				max_cols = n_points;
 			}
+			//Rcpp::Rcout << "n_points: " << n_points << std::endl;
+
  			Rcpp::NumericVector nv( 4 );  // initialise with ZM , we remove later
  			get_numeric_points( coord_array, n_points, nv, bbox );
  			nm( row, Rcpp::_ ) = nv;
diff --git a/src/geojson_validate.cpp b/src/geojson_validate.cpp
index 65ff6e2..3d67d3e 100644
--- a/src/geojson_validate.cpp
+++ b/src/geojson_validate.cpp
@@ -89,6 +89,12 @@ void validate_points(const Value& v) {
 
 void validate_point(const Value& v) {
 	// TODO(move to header):
+	// Rcpp::Rcout << "v.size: " << v.Size() << std::endl;
+	// Rcpp::Rcout << "v.type: " << v.GetType() << std::endl;
+	// if ( v.Size() < 2 ) {
+	// 	Rcpp::stop("mis-specified geometry");
+	// }
+
 	static const char* ARRAY_TYPES[] =
 		{ "Null", "False", "True", "Object", "Array", "String", "Number" };
 	if( strncmp(ARRAY_TYPES[v.GetType()], "Num", 3) != 0) {
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-geojson_sf.R b/tests/testthat/test-geojson_sf.R
index 704afd8..3af024f 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-geojson_sf.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-geojson_sf.R
@@ -50,3 +50,15 @@ test_that("ints vs numerics read correctly", {
 
 })
 
+test_that("the geoms I test in mapdeck work", {
+
+	expect_silent( geojsonsf::geojson_sf('{"type":"Point","coordinates":[0,0]}') )
+	expect_silent( geojsonsf::geojson_sf('{"type":"MultiPoint","coordinates":[[0,0],[1,1]]}') )
+	expect_silent( geojsonsf::geojson_sf('{"type":"LineString","coordinates":[[0,0],[1,1]]}') )
+	expect_silent( geojsonsf::geojson_sf('{"type":"MultiLineString","coordinates":[[[0,0],[1,1]],[[0,0]]]}') )
+	expect_silent( geojsonsf::geojson_sf('{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[0,0],[0,1],[1,1],[1,0],[0,0]]]}') )
+	expect_silent( geojsonsf::geojson_sf('{"type":"MultiPolygon","coordinates":[[[[0,0],[0,1],[1,1],[1,0],[0,0]],[[2,2],[2,3],[3,3],[3,2],[2,2]]]]}') )
+	expect_silent( geojsonsf::geojson_sf('{"type":"MultiPolygon","coordinates":[[[[0,0],[0,1],[1,1],[1,0],[0,0]],[[0,0],[0,-1],[-1,-1],[1,0],[0,0]]]]}') )
+
+})
+