diff --git a/scripts/build_shapes.py b/scripts/build_shapes.py
index 50d21e12..54a7774e 100644
--- a/scripts/build_shapes.py
+++ b/scripts/build_shapes.py
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ def nuts3(country_shapes, nuts3, nuts3pop, nuts3gdp, ch_cantons, ch_popgdp):
     manual = gpd.GeoDataFrame(
         [["BA1", "BA", 3871.0], ["RS1", "RS", 7210.0], ["AL1", "AL", 2893.0]],
         columns=["NUTS_ID", "country", "pop"],
+        geometry=gpd.GeoSeries()
     )
     manual["geometry"] = manual["country"].map(country_shapes)
     manual = manual.dropna()