diff --git a/src/classes/entities/class-tainacan-entity.php b/src/classes/entities/class-tainacan-entity.php
index 6ce3e139c..7a3bfc843 100644
--- a/src/classes/entities/class-tainacan-entity.php
+++ b/src/classes/entities/class-tainacan-entity.php
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class Entity {
      * @return mixed property value
      */
     public function get_mapped_property($prop) {
-    	if (isset($this->$prop) && !empty($this->$prop)){
+    	if (isset($this->$prop) ){
     		return $this->$prop;
     	}
     	//prop is not set at object, try to get from database
diff --git a/src/classes/entities/class-tainacan-term.php b/src/classes/entities/class-tainacan-term.php
index 7b05e9568..bf5f8bfc6 100644
--- a/src/classes/entities/class-tainacan-term.php
+++ b/src/classes/entities/class-tainacan-term.php
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@ class Term extends Entity {
 	 * @param int $which
 	 * @param string $taxonomy
 	 */
-	function __construct($which = 0, $taxonomy = '' ) {
+	function __construct($which = 0, $taxonomy = false ) {
 
-        $this->set_taxonomy( $taxonomy );
+        if ($taxonomy)
+            $this->set_taxonomy( $taxonomy );
 
         if ( is_numeric( $which ) && $which > 0) {
             $post = get_term_by('id', $which, $taxonomy);
diff --git a/tests/test-objects.php b/tests/test-objects.php
index da0e2e71b..e22c3b472 100644
--- a/tests/test-objects.php
+++ b/tests/test-objects.php
@@ -111,4 +111,27 @@ class Objects extends TAINACAN_UnitTestCase {
 		$entity = Repository::get_entity_by_post($test);
 		$this->assertEquals($item_metadata->get_field()->get_db_identifier(), $entity->get_db_identifier());
 	}
+    
+    function test_delete_attributes() {
+        
+        $collection = $this->tainacan_entity_factory->create_entity(
+				'collection',
+				array(
+					'name'   => 'test title',
+                    'description' => 'test description',
+					'status' => 'draft'
+				),
+				true
+				);
+                
+        $collection->set_name('');
+        $this->assertEquals('', $collection->get_name());
+        
+        global $Tainacan_Collections;
+        $this->assertTrue($collection->validate());
+        $newCol = $Tainacan_Collections->insert($collection);
+        $this->assertEquals('', $newCol->get_name());
+        
+        
+    }
 }