diff --git a/lib/geocoder/stores/active_record.rb b/lib/geocoder/stores/active_record.rb
index ab36689e57fd7ac09d205ace9f8cb289aa7aae53..b5ee5b4a869477a6855b6fa86efed7e0b7443a89 100644
--- a/lib/geocoder/stores/active_record.rb
+++ b/lib/geocoder/stores/active_record.rb
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ module Geocoder::Store
       ##
       # Generate the SELECT clause.
       #
-      def select_clause(columns, distance, bearing)
+      def select_clause(columns, distance, bearing = nil)
         if columns == :geo_only
           clause = ""
         else