diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/misc/dataset-description-form/components/form-section/form-section.component.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/misc/dataset-description-form/components/form-section/form-section.component.ts
index 18a75fe08..1b2260e2f 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/misc/dataset-description-form/components/form-section/form-section.component.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/misc/dataset-description-form/components/form-section/form-section.component.ts
@@ -209,7 +209,8 @@ export class FormSectionComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges {
 								requiredValue: x.sourceControlValue,
 								type: ''							
 							}
-							this.visibilityRulesService.addNewRule(visRule);
+							const shouldBeVisibile = this.visibilityRulesService.checkTargetVisibilityProvidedBySource(x.sourceControlId, element.id);
+							this.visibilityRulesService.addNewRule(visRule, shouldBeVisibile);
 						});
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/misc/dataset-description-form/visibility-rules/visibility-rules.service.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/misc/dataset-description-form/visibility-rules/visibility-rules.service.ts
index 96859fffb..d902e51a3 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/misc/dataset-description-form/visibility-rules/visibility-rules.service.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/misc/dataset-description-form/visibility-rules/visibility-rules.service.ts
@@ -333,18 +333,39 @@ export class VisibilityRulesService {
 	}
 
 
-	public addNewRule(rule: Rule): void {
+	public addNewRule(rule: Rule, currentVisibility = this.DEFAULTVISIBILITY): void {
 		const targetId = rule.targetField;
 		const sourceId = rule.sourceField;
 
 		this.visibilityRuleContext.addToVisibilityRulesContext(rule);
 
-		const visibilityMap = this.elementComputationalMap.get(targetId) ? this.elementComputationalMap.get(targetId) : new Map<String, boolean>();
 
-		visibilityMap.set(sourceId, this.DEFAULTVISIBILITY);
+		let visibilityMap = this.elementComputationalMap.get(targetId);
+
+		if(!visibilityMap){
+			visibilityMap =	new Map<String, boolean>();
+			this.elementComputationalMap.set(targetId, visibilityMap);
+		}
+
+		visibilityMap.set(sourceId, currentVisibility);
 		const isVisible = this._computeVisibility(targetId);
 
 		this._emitChangesIfNeeded(targetId, isVisible);
 		this.elementVisibilityMap.set(targetId, isVisible);
 	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Check what sourceId hides or shows the target field 
+	 * return true if no rule found
+	 */
+	public checkTargetVisibilityProvidedBySource(sourceId: string, targetId: string): boolean{
+		
+		const computationalMap = this.elementComputationalMap.get(targetId);
+		if(computationalMap){
+			return !!computationalMap.get(sourceId);
+		}
+
+		return true;
+	}
 }