diff --git a/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-processor-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/management/v1/processor/service/EntityLogMergeService.java b/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-processor-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/management/v1/processor/service/EntityLogMergeService.java
index d64a9554a..4205d2c22 100644
--- a/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-processor-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/management/v1/processor/service/EntityLogMergeService.java
+++ b/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-processor-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/management/v1/processor/service/EntityLogMergeService.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.core.RabbitTemplate;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
+import com.google.common.base.Strings;
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 import com.iqser.red.service.persistence.management.v1.processor.configuration.MessagingConfiguration;
 import com.iqser.red.service.persistence.management.v1.processor.entity.configuration.TypeEntity;
@@ -210,7 +211,7 @@ public class EntityLogMergeService {
                     .requestedDate(manualResizeRedaction.getRequestDate())
                     .processedDate(null)
                     .userId(manualResizeRedaction.getUser());
-            if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(manualResizeRedaction.getValue())) {
+            if (Strings.isNullOrEmpty(manualResizeRedaction.getValue())) {
                 manualChange.propertyChanges(Map.of("value", manualResizeRedaction.getValue()));
             }
             entityLogEntry.getManualChanges().add(manualChange.build());
diff --git a/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-processor-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/management/v1/processor/service/manualredactions/ManualRedactionMapper.java b/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-processor-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/management/v1/processor/service/manualredactions/ManualRedactionMapper.java
index 9c28a7526..b8d2a9728 100644
--- a/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-processor-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/management/v1/processor/service/manualredactions/ManualRedactionMapper.java
+++ b/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-processor-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/management/v1/processor/service/manualredactions/ManualRedactionMapper.java
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ public class ManualRedactionMapper {
                         .user(KeycloakSecurity.getUserId())
                         .status(AnnotationStatus.APPROVED)
                         .positions(resizeRedactionRequest.getPositions())
-                        .value(StringUtils.isEmpty(resizeRedactionRequest.getValue()) ? resizeRedactionRequest.getValue() : StringCleaningUtility.cleanString(resizeRedactionRequest.getValue()))
+                        .value(resizeRedactionRequest.getValue() == null ? "" : StringCleaningUtility.cleanString(resizeRedactionRequest.getValue()))
                         .comment(resizeRedactionRequest.getComment())
                         .updateDictionary(resizeRedactionRequest.getUpdateDictionary())
                         .addToAllDossiers(resizeRedactionRequest.isAddToAllDossiers())