diff --git a/src/UI/Studio/EditLayerState.ts b/src/UI/Studio/EditLayerState.ts
index a3397c359c..1c5b1a7633 100644
--- a/src/UI/Studio/EditLayerState.ts
+++ b/src/UI/Studio/EditLayerState.ts
@@ -508,6 +508,9 @@ export class EditThemeState extends EditJsonState<LayoutConfigJson> {
         }
         const prepare = this.buildValidation(state)
         const context = ConversionContext.construct([], ["prepare"])
+        if(configuration.layers){
+            Utils.NoNullInplace(configuration.layers)
+        }
         try {
             prepare.convert(<LayoutConfigJson>configuration, context)
         } catch (e) {
diff --git a/src/Utils.ts b/src/Utils.ts
index 77062e583b..cc0d6a47db 100644
--- a/src/Utils.ts
+++ b/src/Utils.ts
@@ -1649,4 +1649,12 @@ In the case that MapComplete is pointed to the testing grounds, the edit will be
         }
         return n + Utils._metrixPrefixes[index]
     }
+
+    static NoNullInplace(layers: any[]):void {
+        for (let i = layers.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+            if(layers[i] === null || layers[i] === undefined){
+                layers.splice(i, 1)
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }