diff --git a/howso/utilities/feature_attributes/base.py b/howso/utilities/feature_attributes/base.py
index c38961df..4680fce2 100644
--- a/howso/utilities/feature_attributes/base.py
+++ b/howso/utilities/feature_attributes/base.py
@@ -808,11 +808,8 @@ def _process(self,  # noqa: C901
 
         if infer_bounds:
             for feature_name in self.attributes:
-                # Don't infer bounds for manually-specified nominal features
-                if self.attributes[feature_name].get('type') == 'nominal':
-                    continue
-                # Likewise, don't infer bounds for JSON/YAML features
-                elif any([
+                # Don't infer bounds for JSON/YAML features
+                if any([
                     self.attributes[feature_name].get('data_type') in ['json', 'yaml'],
                     features and features.get(feature_name, {}).get('data_type') in ['json', 'yaml']
                 ]):
diff --git a/howso/utilities/feature_attributes/tests/test_infer_feature_attributes.py b/howso/utilities/feature_attributes/tests/test_infer_feature_attributes.py
index 9eb63acb..938ec258 100644
--- a/howso/utilities/feature_attributes/tests/test_infer_feature_attributes.py
+++ b/howso/utilities/feature_attributes/tests/test_infer_feature_attributes.py
@@ -836,9 +836,12 @@ def test_preset_feature_types(data, types, expected_types, is_valid):
     with warnings.catch_warnings():
         warnings.simplefilter("ignore")
         if is_valid:
-            features = infer_feature_attributes(data, types=types)
+            features = infer_feature_attributes(data, types=types, )
             for feature_name, expected_type in expected_types.items():
+                # Make sure it is the correct type
                 assert features[feature_name]['type'] == expected_type
+                # All features in this test, including nominals, should have bounds (at the very least: `allow_null`)
+                assert 'allow_null' in features[feature_name].get('bounds', {}).keys()
         else:
             with pytest.raises(ValueError):
                 infer_feature_attributes(data, types=types)