diff --git a/src/app/cris-layout/cris-layout-matrix/cris-layout-box-container/boxes/metadata/rendering-types/metadataGroup/metadata-group.component.ts b/src/app/cris-layout/cris-layout-matrix/cris-layout-box-container/boxes/metadata/rendering-types/metadataGroup/metadata-group.component.ts
index 5d46b3d6f71..77ddd40dc3f 100644
--- a/src/app/cris-layout/cris-layout-matrix/cris-layout-box-container/boxes/metadata/rendering-types/metadataGroup/metadata-group.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/cris-layout/cris-layout-matrix/cris-layout-box-container/boxes/metadata/rendering-types/metadataGroup/metadata-group.component.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export abstract class MetadataGroupComponent extends RenderingTypeStructuredMode
       this.metadataGroup.forEach(mdg => {
         const entry = {
           field: mdg,
-          value: this.getMetadataValue(mdg, index),
+          value: this.getMetadataValue(mdg, index) || ' ',
         } as NestedMetadataGroupEntry;
         if (this.componentsToBeRenderedMap.has(index)) {
           const newEntries = [...this.componentsToBeRenderedMap.get(index), entry];
diff --git a/src/app/cris-layout/cris-layout-matrix/cris-layout-box-container/boxes/metadata/rendering-types/rendering-type-value.model.ts b/src/app/cris-layout/cris-layout-matrix/cris-layout-box-container/boxes/metadata/rendering-types/rendering-type-value.model.ts
index a28541746ee..5dac95275fd 100644
--- a/src/app/cris-layout/cris-layout-matrix/cris-layout-box-container/boxes/metadata/rendering-types/rendering-type-value.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/cris-layout/cris-layout-matrix/cris-layout-box-container/boxes/metadata/rendering-types/rendering-type-value.model.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ export abstract class RenderingTypeValueModelComponent extends RenderingTypeMode
    * @param text
    */
   formatText(text: string): string {
+    if (!text) {
+      return text;
+    }
     const newlineRegex = /\n/g;
     return text.replace(/>/g, '&gt;').replace(/</g, '&lt;').replace(newlineRegex, '<br>');
   }