diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9218db1..f210864 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 3.0.2 - 2017-11-03
+### Fixed
+- Fixed a bug where location searches would error if `orderBy` was not defined
+
 ## 3.0.1 - 2017-11-03
 ### Fixed
 - Fixed maps not rendering
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index c149ffa..3262b35 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "ether/simplemap",
   "description": "A beautifully simple Google Map field type.",
-  "version": "3.0.1",
+  "version": "3.0.2",
   "type": "craft-plugin",
   "license": "MIT",
   "minimum-stability": "dev",
diff --git a/src/services/MapService.php b/src/services/MapService.php
index f93d689..cf1f35b 100644
--- a/src/services/MapService.php
+++ b/src/services/MapService.php
@@ -202,12 +202,20 @@ public function modifyElementsQuery (ElementQueryInterface $query, $value)
 			]
 		);
 
+		if (!is_array($query->orderBy)) {
+			$oldOrderBy = $query->orderBy;
+			$query->orderBy = [];
+		}
+
 		if (array_key_exists('location', $value)) {
 			$this->_searchLocation($query, $value);
 		} else if (array_key_exists('distance', $query->orderBy)) {
 			$this->_replaceOrderBy($query);
 		}
 
+		if (isset($oldOrderBy))
+			$query->orderBy = $oldOrderBy;
+
 		return;
 	}