diff --git a/src/app/pages/affiliations/affiliations.component.ts b/src/app/pages/affiliations/affiliations.component.ts
index abd95a5..a763f24 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/affiliations/affiliations.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/pages/affiliations/affiliations.component.ts
@@ -85,11 +85,9 @@ export class AffiliationsComponent implements OnInit {
 
   initAffiliation(affiliation: Affiliation = null) {
     this.resetMessages();
-    this.affiliation = new Affiliation();
+
     if (affiliation) {
-      this.affiliation.name = affiliation.name;
-      this.affiliation.logo_url = affiliation.logo_url;
-      this.affiliation.website_url = affiliation.website_url;
+      this.affiliation = {...affiliation};
       if(!this.curatorAffiliations) {
         this.affiliation.communityId = affiliation.communityId;
         this.affiliation.id = affiliation.id;
@@ -101,9 +99,7 @@ export class AffiliationsComponent implements OnInit {
       }
     } else {
       this.index = -1;
-      this.affiliation.name = '';
-      this.affiliation.logo_url = '';
-      this.affiliation.website_url = '';
+      this.affiliation = new Affiliation();
       if(!this.curatorAffiliations) {
         this.affiliation.communityId = this.communityId;
       }
diff --git a/src/app/pages/curator/curator.component.ts b/src/app/pages/curator/curator.component.ts
index 06de1ae..70355b7 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/curator/curator.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/pages/curator/curator.component.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {EnvProperties} from '../../openaireLibrary/utils/properties/env-properti
 import {Session} from '../../openaireLibrary/login/utils/helper.class';
 import {LoginErrorCodes} from '../../openaireLibrary/login/utils/guardHelper.class';
 import {CuratorService} from '../../openaireLibrary/connect/curators/curator.service';
-import {Affiliation, Curator} from '../../openaireLibrary/utils/entities/CuratorInfo';
+import {Curator} from '../../openaireLibrary/utils/entities/CuratorInfo';
 import {HelperFunctions} from '../../openaireLibrary/utils/HelperFunctions.class';
 import {UtilitiesService} from '../../openaireLibrary/services/utilities.service';