diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/description-template-editor.model.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/description-template-editor.model.ts
index c6f83fb9d..9bd066fdb 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/description-template-editor.model.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/description-template-editor.model.ts
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ export class DescriptionTemplatePageEditorModel implements DescriptionTemplatePa
 		rootPath: string
 	}): void {
 		const { validationErrorModel, rootPath, formArray } = params;
-		
+
 	}
 
 	static reapplyValidators(params: {
@@ -1019,7 +1019,7 @@ export class DescriptionTemplateLabelDataEditorModel implements DescriptionTempl
 }
 
 export class DescriptionTemplateLabelAndMultiplicityDataEditorModel extends DescriptionTemplateLabelDataEditorModel implements DescriptionTemplateLabelAndMultiplicityDataPersist {
-	multipleSelect: boolean;
+	multipleSelect: boolean = false;
 	protected formBuilder: UntypedFormBuilder = new UntypedFormBuilder();
 
 	constructor(
@@ -1029,7 +1029,7 @@ export class DescriptionTemplateLabelAndMultiplicityDataEditorModel extends Desc
 	fromModel(item: DescriptionTemplateLabelAndMultiplicityDataPersist): DescriptionTemplateLabelAndMultiplicityDataEditorModel {
 		if (item) {
 			super.fromModel(item);
-			this.multipleSelect = item.multipleSelect;
+			this.multipleSelect = item.multipleSelect ?? false;
 		}
 		return this;
 	}
@@ -1158,7 +1158,7 @@ export class DescriptionTemplateExternalDatasetDataEditorModel extends Descripti
 //
 //
 export class DescriptionTemplateExternalSelectDataEditorModel extends DescriptionTemplateLabelDataEditorModel implements DescriptionTemplateExternalSelectDataPersist {
-	multipleSelect: boolean;
+	multipleSelect: boolean = false;
 	sources: DescriptionTemplateExternalSelectSourceEditorModel[] = [];
 	protected formBuilder: UntypedFormBuilder = new UntypedFormBuilder();
 
@@ -1169,7 +1169,7 @@ export class DescriptionTemplateExternalSelectDataEditorModel extends Descriptio
 	fromModel(item: DescriptionTemplateExternalSelectDataPersist): DescriptionTemplateExternalSelectDataEditorModel {
 		if (item) {
 			super.fromModel(item);
-			this.multipleSelect = item.multipleSelect;
+			this.multipleSelect = item.multipleSelect ?? false;
 			if (item.sources) { item.sources.map(x => this.sources.push(new DescriptionTemplateExternalSelectSourceEditorModel(this.validationErrorModel).fromModel(x))); }
 		}
 		return this;
@@ -1655,7 +1655,7 @@ export class DescriptionTemplateRadioBoxOptionEditorModel implements Description
 //
 export class DescriptionTemplateSelectDataEditorModel extends DescriptionTemplateLabelDataEditorModel implements DescriptionTemplateSelectDataPersist {
 	options: DescriptionTemplateSelectOptionEditorModel[] = [];
-	multipleSelect: boolean;
+	multipleSelect: boolean = false;
 	protected formBuilder: UntypedFormBuilder = new UntypedFormBuilder();
 
 	constructor(
@@ -1665,7 +1665,7 @@ export class DescriptionTemplateSelectDataEditorModel extends DescriptionTemplat
 	fromModel(item: DescriptionTemplateSelectDataPersist): DescriptionTemplateSelectDataEditorModel {
 		if (item) {
 			super.fromModel(item);
-			this.multipleSelect = item.multipleSelect;
+			this.multipleSelect = item.multipleSelect ?? false;
 			if (item.options) { item.options.map(x => this.options.push(new DescriptionTemplateSelectOptionEditorModel(this.validationErrorModel).fromModel(x))); }
 		}
 		return this;
@@ -1950,4 +1950,4 @@ export class DescriptionTemplateUploadOptionEditorModel implements DescriptionTe
 			control?.addValidators(context.getValidation(keyField).validators);
 		})
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dmp/dmp-editor-blueprint/dmp-editor.component.html b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dmp/dmp-editor-blueprint/dmp-editor.component.html
index 66c02efe5..c7cfb2414 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dmp/dmp-editor-blueprint/dmp-editor.component.html
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dmp/dmp-editor-blueprint/dmp-editor.component.html
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
 													<div *ngIf="field.category === dmpBlueprintSectionFieldCategoryEnum.SYSTEM">
 														<div *ngIf="field.systemFieldType == dmpBlueprintSystemFieldTypeEnum.TEXT">
 															<mat-form-field class="w-100">
-																<input matInput placeholder="{{'DMP-EDITOR.FIELDS.TITLE' | translate}}" type="text" name="label" [formControl]="formGroup.get('label')" required>
+																<input matInput placeholder="{{field.placeholder ?? 'DMP-EDITOR.FIELDS.TITLE' | translate}}" type="text" name="label" [formControl]="formGroup.get('label')" required>
 																<mat-error *ngIf="formGroup.get('label').hasError('backendError')">
 																	{{formGroup.get('label').getError('backendError').message}}</mat-error>
 																<mat-error *ngIf="formGroup.get('label').hasError('required')">
@@ -295,22 +295,22 @@
 											</div>
 										</div>
 									</div>
-									<div class="col-12 card" *ngIf="section.hasTemplates">
-										{{formGroup.get('descriptionTemplates').get(section.id).value | json}}
-										<div class="row">
-											<div class="col-12">
-												<div class="input-form">
-													<div class="heading">{{'DMP-EDITOR.FIELDS.DESCRIPTION-TEMPLATES' | translate}}</div>
-													<mat-form-field class="w-100">
-														<mat-label>{{'DMP-EDITOR.FIELDS.DESCRIPTION-TEMPLATES-HINT' | translate}}</mat-label>
-														<app-multiple-auto-complete placeholder="{{'DMP-EDITOR.FIELDS.DESCRIPTION-TEMPLATES-HINT' | translate}}" [hidePlaceholder]="true" required='true' [formControl]="formGroup.get('descriptionTemplates').get(section.id)" [configuration]="descriptionTemplateService.descriptionTempalteGroupMultipleAutocompleteConfiguration" (optionRemoved)="onRemoveDescriptionTemplate($event, i)" (optionActionClicked)="onPreviewDescriptionTemplate($event, i)" (optionSelected)="onDescriptionTemplateSelected($event, i)">
-														</app-multiple-auto-complete>
-														<mat-error *ngIf="formGroup.get('descriptionTemplates').get(section.id).hasError('backendError')">{{formGroup.get('descriptionTemplates').get(section.id).getError('backendError').message}}</mat-error>
-														<mat-error *ngIf="formGroup.get('descriptionTemplates').get(section.id).hasError('required')">{{'GENERAL.VALIDATION.REQUIRED' | translate}}</mat-error>
-													</mat-form-field>
-													<div class="col pl-0 pt-0 pb-0 d-flex">
-														<span class="not-found-template">{{'DMP-EDITOR.NO-TEMPLATE-MESSAGE' | translate}}</span>
-													</div>
+								</div>
+								<div class="col-12 card" *ngIf="section.hasTemplates">
+									{{formGroup.get('descriptionTemplates').get(section.id).value | json}}
+									<div class="row">
+										<div class="col-12">
+											<div class="input-form">
+												<div class="heading">{{'DMP-EDITOR.FIELDS.DESCRIPTION-TEMPLATES' | translate}}</div>
+												<mat-form-field class="w-100">
+													<mat-label>{{'DMP-EDITOR.FIELDS.DESCRIPTION-TEMPLATES-HINT' | translate}}</mat-label>
+													<app-multiple-auto-complete placeholder="{{'DMP-EDITOR.FIELDS.DESCRIPTION-TEMPLATES-HINT' | translate}}" [hidePlaceholder]="true" required='true' [formControl]="formGroup.get('descriptionTemplates').get(section.id)" [configuration]="descriptionTemplateService.descriptionTempalteGroupMultipleAutocompleteConfiguration" (optionRemoved)="onRemoveDescriptionTemplate($event, i)" (optionActionClicked)="onPreviewDescriptionTemplate($event, i)" (optionSelected)="onDescriptionTemplateSelected($event, i)">
+													</app-multiple-auto-complete>
+													<mat-error *ngIf="formGroup.get('descriptionTemplates').get(section.id).hasError('backendError')">{{formGroup.get('descriptionTemplates').get(section.id).getError('backendError').message}}</mat-error>
+													<mat-error *ngIf="formGroup.get('descriptionTemplates').get(section.id).hasError('required')">{{'GENERAL.VALIDATION.REQUIRED' | translate}}</mat-error>
+												</mat-form-field>
+												<div class="col pl-0 pt-0 pb-0 d-flex">
+													<span class="not-found-template">{{'DMP-EDITOR.NO-TEMPLATE-MESSAGE' | translate}}</span>
 												</div>
 											</div>
 										</div>
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dmp/dmp-editor-blueprint/dmp-editor.model.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dmp/dmp-editor-blueprint/dmp-editor.model.ts
index 91fcdca55..e50816b13 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dmp/dmp-editor-blueprint/dmp-editor.model.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dmp/dmp-editor-blueprint/dmp-editor.model.ts
@@ -193,9 +193,7 @@ export class DmpPropertiesEditorModel implements DmpPropertiesPersist {
 		const formGroup = this.formBuilder.group({
 			contacts: this.formBuilder.array(
 				(this.contacts ?? []).map(
-					(item, index) => new DmpContactEditorModel(
-						this.validationErrorModel
-					).fromModel(item).buildForm({
+					(item, index) => item.buildForm({
 						rootPath: `${rootPath}contacts[${index}].`
 					})
 				), context.getValidation('contacts').validators
@@ -350,7 +348,7 @@ export class DmpContactEditorModel implements DmpContactPersist {
 		this.firstName = item.firstName;
 		this.lastName = item.lastName;
 		this.email = item.email;		
-		this.contactType = item == null ? DmpContactType.Internal : (this.userId != null ? DmpContactType.Internal : DmpContactType.External);
+		this.contactType = (item == null || this.userId != null) ? DmpContactType.Internal :  DmpContactType.External;
 
 		return this;
 	}