diff --git a/src/apps/testapps/testH3ToLocalIj.c b/src/apps/testapps/testH3ToLocalIj.c
index 62b5e5f11..591de702b 100644
--- a/src/apps/testapps/testH3ToLocalIj.c
+++ b/src/apps/testapps/testH3ToLocalIj.c
@@ -72,7 +72,17 @@ SUITE(h3ToLocalIj) {
         ij.i = 2;
         t_assert(
             H3_EXPORT(experimentalLocalIjToH3)(origin, &ij, &retrieved) != 0,
-            "out of range base cell");
+            "out of range base cell (1)");
+        ij.i = 0;
+        ij.j = 2;
+        t_assert(
+            H3_EXPORT(experimentalLocalIjToH3)(origin, &ij, &retrieved) != 0,
+            "out of range base cell (2)");
+        ij.i = -2;
+        ij.j = -2;
+        t_assert(
+            H3_EXPORT(experimentalLocalIjToH3)(origin, &ij, &retrieved) != 0,
+            "out of range base cell (3)");
     }
 
     TEST(ijOutOfRange) {
diff --git a/src/h3lib/lib/localij.c b/src/h3lib/lib/localij.c
index 504153680..9816e2484 100644
--- a/src/h3lib/lib/localij.c
+++ b/src/h3lib/lib/localij.c
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ int localIjkToH3(H3Index origin, const CoordIJK* ijk, H3Index* out) {
 
     // check for res 0/base cell
     if (res == 0) {
-        if (ijk->i > 1 || ijk->i > 1 || ijk->i > 1) {
+        if (ijk->i > 1 || ijk->j > 1 || ijk->k > 1) {
             // out of range input
             return 1;
         }