diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/entries/entries.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/entries/entries.component.ts
index 9017477d4..72811fd11 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/entries/entries.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/entries/entries.component.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ export class EntriesComponent extends AbstractInputComponent<object> {
   }
 
   writeValue(newValue: any): void {
+    if (!newValue) {
+      newValue = {}
+    }
     this.entries = Object.entries(newValue)
     this.value = newValue
   }