diff --git a/R/seifa.R b/R/seifa.R
index 0aed079..86bf780 100644
--- a/R/seifa.R
+++ b/R/seifa.R
@@ -297,14 +297,14 @@ get_seifa_index_sheet <- function(filename, sheetname, structure = c("sa1", "sa2
       col_names = column_names,
       na = c("", "NA", "-")
     ) %>%
-      dplyr::filter(if_any(ends_with("_code"), ~ !is.na(.x))) %>%
+      dplyr::filter(if_any(ends_with(c("_name","_code")), ~ !is.na(.x))) %>%
       select(-starts_with("blank")) %>%
       mutate(
         structure = structure,
         year = year
       ) %>%
       mutate(across(
-        .cols = any_of("area_code"),  # Specify the column name
+        .cols = any_of(ends_with("_code")),  # Specify the column name
         .fns = ~ as.character(.)  # Conditionally convert to character
       )) %>%
       relocate(structure)