diff --git a/src/frontend/components/points-component.jsx b/src/frontend/components/points-component.jsx
index 9758d4992d..11b4714aaf 100644
--- a/src/frontend/components/points-component.jsx
+++ b/src/frontend/components/points-component.jsx
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import React, { useEffect } from 'react'
 import { Button, Input } from 'reactstrap'
 
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types'
-import objectPath from 'object-path'
 import { nanoid } from 'nanoid'
 import Table from './table/table.jsx'
 import TablePagination from './table/table-pagination.jsx'
@@ -53,11 +52,10 @@ const PointsComponent = ({
    * @returns {void}
    */
   const handleAddPoint = () => {
-    const newPoint = Object.entries(schema.points).map(([name]) => name).reduce((previousValue, currentValue) => {
-      objectPath.set(previousValue, currentValue, '')
-      return previousValue
-    }, {})
-    newPoint.id = nanoid()
+    const newPoint = { id: nanoid() }
+    Object.entries(schema.points).forEach(([key, value]) => {
+      newPoint[key] = value.defaultValue
+    })
     const newAllPoints = [...allPoints]
     newAllPoints.unshift(newPoint)
     setAllPoints(newAllPoints)
@@ -71,6 +69,7 @@ const PointsComponent = ({
     const pointToUpdate = newAllPoints.find((point) => point.id === id)
     pointToUpdate[name] = value
     setAllPoints(newAllPoints)
+    onChange(prefix, newAllPoints)
   }
 
   /**
@@ -167,7 +166,7 @@ const PointsComponent = ({
           onPagePressed={(page) => setSelectedPage(page)}
         />
       )}
-      <div className="force-row-display">
+      <div className="force-row-display mt-3">
         <Button className="inline-button" color="primary" onClick={() => document.getElementById('importFile').click()}>
           Import
         </Button>
diff --git a/src/south/south-modbus/south-modbus.js b/src/south/south-modbus/south-modbus.js
index db40ef8c75..b6949e1d19 100644
--- a/src/south/south-modbus/south-modbus.js
+++ b/src/south/south-modbus/south-modbus.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import net from 'node:net'
 
-import modbus from 'jsmodbus'
+import { client } from 'jsmodbus'
 
 import SouthConnector from '../south-connector.js'
 import getNumberOfWords from './utils.js'
@@ -209,16 +209,18 @@ export default class SouthModbus extends SouthConnector {
         clearTimeout(this.reconnectTimeout)
       }
       this.socket = new net.Socket()
-      this.client = new modbus.client.TCP(this.socket, this.slaveId)
+      this.client = new client.TCP(this.socket, this.slaveId)
+      this.logger.debug(`Connecting Modbus socket into ${this.host}:${this.port}`)
       this.socket.connect(
         { host: this.host, port: this.port },
         async () => {
+          this.logger.info(`Modbus socket connected to ${this.host}:${this.port}`)
           await super.connect()
           resolve()
         },
       )
       this.socket.on('error', async (error) => {
-        this.logger.error(error)
+        this.logger.error(`Modbus socket error: ${error}`)
         await this.disconnect()
         this.reconnectTimeout = setTimeout(this.connect.bind(this), this.retryInterval)
       })
diff --git a/src/south/south-modbus/south-modbus.spec.js b/src/south/south-modbus/south-modbus.spec.js
index 1f17bc0590..790cb19b24 100644
--- a/src/south/south-modbus/south-modbus.spec.js
+++ b/src/south/south-modbus/south-modbus.spec.js
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ describe('SouthModbus', () => {
     mockedEmitter.emit('error', 'connect error')
     await flushPromises()
     expect(south.disconnect).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
-    expect(south.logger.error).toHaveBeenCalledWith('connect error')
+    expect(south.logger.error).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Modbus socket error: connect error')
     jest.advanceTimersByTime(configuration.settings.retryInterval)
 
     expect(net.Socket).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)