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 be0fa271e19..1cd26d0f0a1 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
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ 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 04c53e006a7..08190e4b254 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
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ 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>');
   }