diff --git a/src/libpostal.c b/src/libpostal.c
index b68aacb7..d226413e 100644
--- a/src/libpostal.c
+++ b/src/libpostal.c
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ static string_tree_t *add_string_alternatives(char *str, libpostal_normalize_opt
 
                         if (expansion.canonical_index != NULL_CANONICAL_INDEX) {
                             char *canonical = address_dictionary_get_canonical(expansion.canonical_index);
-                            char *canonical_normalized = normalize_string_utf8(canonical, normalize_string_options);
+                            char *canonical_normalized = normalize_string_latin(canonical, strlen(canonical), normalize_string_options);
 
                             canonical = canonical_normalized != NULL ? canonical_normalized : canonical;
 
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ static inline void cat_affix_expansion(char_array *key, char *str, address_expan
     if (expansion.canonical_index != NULL_CANONICAL_INDEX) {
         char *canonical = address_dictionary_get_canonical(expansion.canonical_index);
         uint64_t normalize_string_options = get_normalize_string_options(options);
-        char *canonical_normalized = normalize_string_utf8(canonical, normalize_string_options);
+        char *canonical_normalized = normalize_string_latin(canonical, strlen(canonical), normalize_string_options);
         canonical = canonical_normalized != NULL ? canonical_normalized : canonical;
 
         char_array_cat(key, canonical);
diff --git a/src/normalize.c b/src/normalize.c
index 1adecdc6..076b6e56 100644
--- a/src/normalize.c
+++ b/src/normalize.c
@@ -114,13 +114,19 @@ char *normalize_string_utf8(char *str, uint64_t options) {
 
 
 char *normalize_string_latin_languages(char *str, size_t len, uint64_t options, size_t num_languages, char **languages) {
-    char *latin_transliterator = LATIN_ASCII;
+    char *transliterated = NULL;
+    char *latin_transliterator = NULL;
+
     if (options & NORMALIZE_STRING_SIMPLE_LATIN_ASCII) {
         latin_transliterator = LATIN_ASCII_SIMPLE;
+    } else if (options & NORMALIZE_STRING_LATIN_ASCII) {
+        latin_transliterator = LATIN_ASCII;
+    }
+
+    if (latin_transliterator != NULL) {
+        transliterated = transliterate(latin_transliterator, str, len);
     }
 
-    char *transliterated = transliterate(latin_transliterator, str, len);
-    
     char *utf8_normalized;
     if (transliterated == NULL) {
         utf8_normalized = normalize_string_utf8_languages(str, options, num_languages, languages);