From 549bb5cd013f7418c255f94e2a91db719cf7dc4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dotasek <david.otasek@smilecdr.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2024 11:29:29 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Check for null when inferring locale from region

---
 .../java/org/hl7/fhir/igtools/publisher/Publisher.java   | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.publisher.core/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/igtools/publisher/Publisher.java b/org.hl7.fhir.publisher.core/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/igtools/publisher/Publisher.java
index 446be9b5..6c3c53f0 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.publisher.core/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/igtools/publisher/Publisher.java
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.publisher.core/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/igtools/publisher/Publisher.java
@@ -2224,11 +2224,12 @@ private Locale inferDefaultNarrativeLang(final boolean logDecision) {
       if (sourceIg.hasJurisdiction()) {
         final String jurisdiction = sourceIg.getJurisdictionFirstRep().getCodingFirstRep().getCode();
         Locale localeFromRegion = RegionToLocaleMapper.getLocaleFromRegion(jurisdiction);
-
-        if (logDecision) {
-          logMessage("Using " + localeFromRegion + " as the default narrative language. (inferred from ImplementationGuide.jurisdiction=" + jurisdiction + ")");
+        if (localeFromRegion != null) {
+          if (logDecision) {
+            logMessage("Using " + localeFromRegion + " as the default narrative language. (inferred from ImplementationGuide.jurisdiction=" + jurisdiction + ")");
+          }
+          return localeFromRegion;
         }
-        return localeFromRegion;
       }
     }
     if (logDecision) {