diff --git a/planetiler-core/src/main/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/reader/parquet/GeometryReader.java b/planetiler-core/src/main/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/reader/parquet/GeometryReader.java
index 67deed9ced..31436f2aa4 100644
--- a/planetiler-core/src/main/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/reader/parquet/GeometryReader.java
+++ b/planetiler-core/src/main/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/reader/parquet/GeometryReader.java
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@
  * Decodes geometries from a parquet record based on the {@link GeoParquetMetadata} provided.
  */
 class GeometryReader {
+
   private final Map<String, FunctionThatThrows<Object, Geometry>> converters = new HashMap<>();
-  private final String geometryColumn;
+  final String geometryColumn;
 
   GeometryReader(GeoParquetMetadata geoparquet) {
     this.geometryColumn = geoparquet.primaryColumn();
@@ -37,7 +38,6 @@ class GeometryReader {
         case "point", "geoarrow.point" -> GeoArrow::point;
         default -> throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unhandled type: " + columnInfo.encoding());
       };
-
       converters.put(column, converter);
     }
   }
@@ -47,7 +47,10 @@ Geometry readPrimaryGeometry(WithTags tags) throws GeometryException {
   }
 
   Geometry readGeometry(WithTags tags, String column) throws GeometryException {
-    var value = tags.getTag(column);
+    return parseGeometry(tags.getTag(column), column);
+  }
+
+  Geometry parseGeometry(Object value, String column) throws GeometryException {
     var converter = converters.get(column);
     if (value == null) {
       throw new GeometryException("no_parquet_column", "Missing geometry column column " + column);
diff --git a/planetiler-core/src/main/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/reader/parquet/ParquetFeature.java b/planetiler-core/src/main/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/reader/parquet/ParquetFeature.java
index 6cbc826244..03bcaf7ef5 100644
--- a/planetiler-core/src/main/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/reader/parquet/ParquetFeature.java
+++ b/planetiler-core/src/main/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/reader/parquet/ParquetFeature.java
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import com.onthegomap.planetiler.geo.GeoUtils;
 import com.onthegomap.planetiler.geo.GeometryException;
 import com.onthegomap.planetiler.reader.SourceFeature;
-import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
@@ -17,24 +16,20 @@
 public class ParquetFeature extends SourceFeature {
 
   private final GeometryReader geometryParser;
-  private final Path filename;
+  private final Object rawGeometry;
   private Geometry latLon;
   private Geometry world;
 
-  ParquetFeature(String source, String sourceLayer, Path filename, long id, GeometryReader geometryParser,
+  ParquetFeature(String source, String sourceLayer, long id, GeometryReader geometryParser,
     Map<String, Object> tags) {
     super(tags, source, sourceLayer, List.of(), id);
     this.geometryParser = geometryParser;
-    this.filename = filename;
-  }
-
-  public Path getFilename() {
-    return filename;
+    this.rawGeometry = tags.remove(geometryParser.geometryColumn);
   }
 
   @Override
   public Geometry latLonGeometry() throws GeometryException {
-    return latLon == null ? latLon = geometryParser.readPrimaryGeometry(this) : latLon;
+    return latLon == null ? latLon = geometryParser.parseGeometry(rawGeometry, geometryParser.geometryColumn) : latLon;
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/planetiler-core/src/main/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/reader/parquet/ParquetInputFile.java b/planetiler-core/src/main/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/reader/parquet/ParquetInputFile.java
index d6b16b42e2..393014b2b6 100644
--- a/planetiler-core/src/main/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/reader/parquet/ParquetInputFile.java
+++ b/planetiler-core/src/main/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/reader/parquet/ParquetInputFile.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public class ParquetInputFile {
   private final String layer;
   private final long count;
   private final int blockCount;
-  private final GeometryReader geometryReader;
+  final GeometryReader geometryReader;
   private final Map<String, Object> extraFields;
   private Envelope postFilterBounds = null;
   private boolean outOfBounds = false;
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ public ParquetFeature next() {
               var feature = new ParquetFeature(
                 source,
                 layer,
-                path,
                 idGenerator != null ? idGenerator.applyAsLong(item) :
                   Hashing.fnv1a64(blockHash, ByteBuffer.allocate(8).putLong(i).array()),
                 geometryReader,
diff --git a/planetiler-core/src/test/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/reader/parquet/ParquetInputFileTest.java b/planetiler-core/src/test/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/reader/parquet/ParquetInputFileTest.java
index 994b1dc42b..d47c5b9666 100644
--- a/planetiler-core/src/test/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/reader/parquet/ParquetInputFileTest.java
+++ b/planetiler-core/src/test/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/reader/parquet/ParquetInputFileTest.java
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package com.onthegomap.planetiler.reader.parquet;
 
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertArrayEquals;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.DynamicTest.dynamicTest;
 
 import com.onthegomap.planetiler.TestUtils;
@@ -36,10 +34,12 @@ static List<Path> bostons() {
   void testReadBoston(Path path) {
     for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
       Set<Object> ids = new HashSet<>();
-      for (var block : new ParquetInputFile("parquet", "layer", path)
-        .get()) {
+      var file = new ParquetInputFile("parquet", "layer", path);
+      for (var block : file.get()) {
         for (var item : block) {
           ids.add(item.getString("id"));
+          assertFalse(item.hasTag(file.geometryReader.geometryColumn));
+          assertNull(item.getTag(file.geometryReader.geometryColumn));
         }
       }
       assertEquals(3, ids.size(), "iter " + i);