diff --git a/lib/src/parsers/phone_parser.dart b/lib/src/parsers/phone_parser.dart
index 2aaf8f8..0fd50af 100644
--- a/lib/src/parsers/phone_parser.dart
+++ b/lib/src/parsers/phone_parser.dart
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ abstract class PhoneParser {
     final callerMetadata = callerCountry != null
         ? MetadataFinder.findMetadataForIsoCode(callerCountry)
         : null;
+
     var destinationMetadata = destinationCountry != null
         ? MetadataFinder.findMetadataForIsoCode(destinationCountry)
         : null;
@@ -49,8 +50,10 @@ abstract class PhoneParser {
       destinationCountryMetadata: destinationMetadata,
       callerCountryMetadata: callerMetadata,
     );
+
     // if no destination metadata was provided we have to find it,
     destinationMetadata ??= _findDestinationMetadata(
+      exitCode: exitCode,
       phoneWithoutExitCode: withoutExitCode,
       callerMetadata: callerMetadata,
     );
@@ -87,15 +90,13 @@ abstract class PhoneParser {
   // find destination of a normalized phone number, which supposedly
   // starts with a country code.
   static PhoneMetadata _findDestinationMetadata({
+    required String exitCode,
     required String phoneWithoutExitCode,
     required PhoneMetadata? callerMetadata,
   }) {
-    final callerNationalPrefix = callerMetadata?.nationalPrefix;
-    // if it starts with the national prefix of the caller then we can safely
-    // assume that the caller calls in the same country
-    if (callerMetadata != null &&
-        callerNationalPrefix != null &&
-        (phoneWithoutExitCode.startsWith(callerNationalPrefix))) {
+    // if there was not an exit code then we can use the caller metadata
+    // since we did not exit
+    if (exitCode.isEmpty && callerMetadata != null) {
       return callerMetadata;
     }
     // if no caller was provided we need to make a best guess given the country code
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ abstract class PhoneParser {
 
     return metadata ??
         callerMetadata ??
+        // default if nothing was found.
         MetadataFinder.findMetadataForIsoCode(IsoCode.US);
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/phone_number_test.dart b/test/phone_number_test.dart
index 937efbc..2531119 100644
--- a/test/phone_number_test.dart
+++ b/test/phone_number_test.dart
@@ -98,22 +98,22 @@ void main() {
             equals('+5493435551212'));
       });
 
-      // test(
-      //     'should parse local numbers w/o national prefix as they belong to callerCountry',
-      //     () {
-      //   expect(
-      //       PhoneNumber.parse('(888) 555-5512', callerCountry: IsoCode.US)
-      //           .international,
-      //       equals('+18885555512'));
-      //   expect(
-      //       PhoneNumber.parse('(555) 522-8243', callerCountry: IsoCode.US)
-      //           .international,
-      //       equals('+15555228243'));
-      //   expect(
-      //       PhoneNumber.parse('(707) 555-1854', callerCountry: IsoCode.US)
-      //           .international,
-      //       equals('+17075551854'));
-      // });
+      test(
+          'should parse local numbers w/o national prefix as they belong to caller country',
+          () {
+        expect(
+            PhoneNumber.parse('(888) 555-5512', callerCountry: IsoCode.US)
+                .international,
+            equals('+18885555512'));
+        expect(
+            PhoneNumber.parse('(555) 522-8243', callerCountry: IsoCode.US)
+                .international,
+            equals('+15555228243'));
+        expect(
+            PhoneNumber.parse('(707) 555-1854', callerCountry: IsoCode.US)
+                .international,
+            equals('+17075551854'));
+      });
 
       test(
           'should output a national number in its international version only when valid',