diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 546c1d5..3dca4ff 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@
 ^_pkgdown\.yml$
 ^docs$
 ^pkgdown$
+^CRAN-SUBMISSION$
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index e9bcd04..22a7563 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: tilemaps
 Title: Generate Tile Maps
-Version: 0.2.1
+Version: 0.2.2
 Authors@R: 
     person(given = "Kaelyn",
            family = "Rosenberg",
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index bf3a327..9e5c123 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## Version 0.2.2
+- Updated check for contiguous regions
+
 ## Version 0.2.1
 
 - Updated deprecated argument in `igraph::bfs()` function
diff --git a/R/generate_map.R b/R/generate_map.R
index 415b983..f836fc5 100644
--- a/R/generate_map.R
+++ b/R/generate_map.R
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ generate_map <- function(data, square = TRUE, flat_topped = FALSE, prop = 0,
   neighbor_graph <- igraph::graph_from_adjacency_matrix(neighbor_matrix)
   neighbor_search <- igraph::bfs(neighbor_graph, 1, mode = "all",
                                  unreachable = FALSE)$order
-  if (any(is.na(neighbor_search))) {
+  if (length(neighbor_search) != R) {
     stop("regions are not contiguous")
   }
 
diff --git a/R/many_maps.R b/R/many_maps.R
index 8129534..b9ab0f8 100644
--- a/R/many_maps.R
+++ b/R/many_maps.R
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ many_maps <- function(data, labels, square = TRUE, flat_topped = FALSE,
   neighbor_graph <- igraph::graph_from_adjacency_matrix(neighbor_matrix)
   neighbor_search <- igraph::bfs(neighbor_graph, 1, mode = "all",
                                  unreachable = FALSE)$order
-  if (any(is.na(neighbor_search))) {
+  if (length(neighbor_search) != R) {
     stop("regions are not contiguous")
   }