diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 822d85a01..24495b65f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -981,35 +981,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "axum"
-version = "0.5.17"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "acee9fd5073ab6b045a275b3e709c163dd36c90685219cb21804a147b58dba43"
-dependencies = [
- "async-trait",
- "axum-core 0.2.9",
- "bitflags",
- "bytes",
- "futures-util",
- "http",
- "http-body",
- "hyper",
- "itoa 1.0.4",
- "matchit 0.5.0",
- "memchr",
- "mime",
- "percent-encoding",
- "pin-project-lite",
- "serde",
- "sync_wrapper",
- "tokio",
- "tower",
- "tower-http",
- "tower-layer",
- "tower-service",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "axum"
 version = "0.6.3"
@@ -1017,7 +988,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "678c5130a507ae3a7c797f9a17393c14849300b8440eac47cdb90a5bdcb3a543"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
- "axum-core 0.3.2",
+ "axum-core",
  "bitflags",
  "bytes",
  "futures-util",
@@ -1026,7 +997,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "http-body",
  "hyper",
  "itoa 1.0.4",
- "matchit 0.7.0",
+ "matchit",
  "memchr",
  "mime",
  "percent-encoding",
@@ -1044,22 +1015,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tower-service",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "axum-core"
-version = "0.2.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "37e5939e02c56fecd5c017c37df4238c0a839fa76b7f97acdd7efb804fd181cc"
-dependencies = [
- "async-trait",
- "bytes",
- "futures-util",
- "http",
- "http-body",
- "mime",
- "tower-layer",
- "tower-service",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "axum-core"
 version = "0.3.2"
@@ -1150,7 +1105,7 @@ checksum = "8c3c1a368f70d6cf7302d78f8f7093da241fb8e8807c05cc9e51a125895a6d5b"
 [[package]]
 name = "beacon"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/helium/gateway-rs.git?branch=main#37abbf2033562ee932b690b123d7319f49e49948"
+source = "git+https://github.com/helium/gateway-rs.git?branch=main#e362b7537ad852c39f5c09523f4c721829c8617d"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.21.0",
  "byteorder",
@@ -3003,7 +2958,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "helium-proto"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/helium/proto?branch=master#67a0dfe91e15b415b496e3bf5f2a119a888a4064"
+source = "git+https://github.com/helium/proto?branch=master#6edba809feafb605b59b377fa15800b4443b5508"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "prost",
@@ -3806,12 +3761,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "regex-automata",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "matchit"
-version = "0.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "73cbba799671b762df5a175adf59ce145165747bb891505c43d09aefbbf38beb"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "matchit"
 version = "0.7.0"
@@ -4661,7 +4610,7 @@ name = "poc-entropy"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "axum 0.6.3",
+ "axum",
  "base64 0.21.0",
  "blake3",
  "bs58 0.4.0",
@@ -7220,13 +7169,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tonic"
-version = "0.8.2"
+version = "0.8.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "55b9af819e54b8f33d453655bef9b9acc171568fb49523078d0cc4e7484200ec"
+checksum = "8f219fad3b929bef19b1f86fbc0358d35daed8f2cac972037ac0dc10bbb8d5fb"
 dependencies = [
  "async-stream",
  "async-trait",
- "axum 0.5.17",
+ "axum",
  "base64 0.13.1",
  "bytes",
  "futures-core",
diff --git a/iot_config/src/gateway_service.rs b/iot_config/src/gateway_service.rs
index e4292c91e..e2dff30e9 100644
--- a/iot_config/src/gateway_service.rs
+++ b/iot_config/src/gateway_service.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use helium_proto::{
         GatewayLocationReqV1, GatewayLocationResV1, GatewayRegionParamsReqV1,
         GatewayRegionParamsResV1,
     },
-    Message,
+    Message, Region,
 };
 use hextree::Cell;
 use node_follower::{
@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ impl iot_config::Gateway for GatewayService {
         let pubkey: &PublicKeyBinary = &pubkey.into();
         tracing::debug!(pubkey = pubkey.to_string(), "fetching region params");
 
-        let default_region = request.region();
+        let default_region = Region::from_i32(request.region).ok_or(Status::invalid_argument(
+            format!("invalid lora region {}", request.region),
+        ))?;
 
         let (region, gain) = match self
             .follower_service
diff --git a/iot_config/src/region_map.rs b/iot_config/src/region_map.rs
index 146047a51..a299e7ccb 100644
--- a/iot_config/src/region_map.rs
+++ b/iot_config/src/region_map.rs
@@ -110,6 +110,14 @@ pub async fn build_params_map(
         let params = BlockchainRegionParamsV1::decode(region_row.params.as_slice())?;
         params_map.insert(region, params);
     }
+
+    // insert the Unknown region with Empty params
+    params_map.insert(
+        Region::Unknown,
+        BlockchainRegionParamsV1 {
+            region_params: vec![],
+        },
+    );
     Ok(params_map)
 }