diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/editor/description-editor.model.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/editor/description-editor.model.ts
index 8e9ba6dd1..4c97f140a 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/editor/description-editor.model.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/editor/description-editor.model.ts
@@ -218,7 +218,8 @@ export class DescriptionPropertyDefinitionEditorModel implements DescriptionProp
 				});
 			})
 			fieldSetValue.items = [{
-				fields: fields
+				fields: fields,
+				ordinal: 0
 			} as DescriptionPropertyDefinitionFieldSetItem]
 		}