diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/dataset-profile/editor/components/composite-field/dataset-profile-editor-composite-field.component.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/dataset-profile/editor/components/composite-field/dataset-profile-editor-composite-field.component.ts
index 2ada995c2..256a522fc 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/dataset-profile/editor/components/composite-field/dataset-profile-editor-composite-field.component.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/dataset-profile/editor/components/composite-field/dataset-profile-editor-composite-field.component.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Component, Input, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
 import { FormArray, FormControl, FormGroup } from '@angular/forms';
 import { FieldEditorModel } from '../../../admin/field-editor-model';
+import { FieldSetEditorModel } from '../../../admin/field-set-editor-model';
 
 @Component({
 	selector: 'app-dataset-profile-editor-composite-field-component',
@@ -35,6 +36,10 @@ export class DatasetProfileEditorCompositeFieldComponent implements OnInit {
 			}
 			(this.form.get('fields') as FormArray).controls.splice(1);
 		}
+		if ((<FormArray>this.form.get('fields')).length === 0) {
+			const field: FieldEditorModel = new FieldEditorModel();
+			(<FormArray>this.form.get('fields')).push(field.buildForm());
+		}
 	}
 
 	onIsMultiplicityEnabledChange(isMultiplicityEnabled: boolean) {