diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/dataset-profile/admin/field-editor-model.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/dataset-profile/admin/field-editor-model.ts
index 06e4e5227..f2c803ba9 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/dataset-profile/admin/field-editor-model.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/dataset-profile/admin/field-editor-model.ts
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ export class FieldEditorModel extends BaseFormModel {
 	// public title: string;
 	public defaultValue: DefaultValueEditorModel = new DefaultValueEditorModel();
 	public viewStyle: ViewStyleEditorModel = new ViewStyleEditorModel();
-	public page: number;
-	public ordinal: number;
+	public page: number = null;
+	public ordinal: number = null;
 	public visible: VisibilityEditorModel = new VisibilityEditorModel();
 	public data: FieldDataEditorModel<any>;
 	public validations: ValidationType[] = [];