diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/dossier-overview/components/file-attribute/file-attribute.component.html b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/dossier-overview/components/file-attribute/file-attribute.component.html
index b4c80aaa1..e27032dd8 100644
--- a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/dossier-overview/components/file-attribute/file-attribute.component.html
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/dossier-overview/components/file-attribute/file-attribute.component.html
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
     <ng-template #input>
         <div [ngClass]="{ 'workflow-edit-input': mode === 'workflow' }" class="edit-input" iqserStopPropagation>
-            <form [formGroup]="form">
+            <form (ngSubmit)="form.valid && save()" [formGroup]="form">
                 <iqser-dynamic-input
                     (closedDatepicker)="closedDatepicker = $event"
                     (keydown.escape)="close()"
diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/dossier-overview/components/file-attribute/file-attribute.component.ts b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/dossier-overview/components/file-attribute/file-attribute.component.ts
index 75d922bec..f467e795d 100644
--- a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/dossier-overview/components/file-attribute/file-attribute.component.ts
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/dossier-overview/components/file-attribute/file-attribute.component.ts
@@ -145,16 +145,20 @@ export class FileAttributeComponent extends BaseFormComponent implements OnDestr
         const fileAttributes = this.file.fileAttributes.attributeIdToValue;
         Object.keys(fileAttributes).forEach(key => {
             const attrValue = fileAttributes[key];
-            config[key] = [
-                dayjs(attrValue, 'YYYY-MM-DD', true).isValid() ? dayjs(attrValue).toDate() : attrValue,
-                Validators.pattern(/^(\s+\S+\s*)*(?!\s).*$/),
-            ];
+            config[key] = [dayjs(attrValue, 'YYYY-MM-DD', true).isValid() ? dayjs(attrValue).toDate() : attrValue];
+        });
+        return this._formBuilder.group(config, {
+            validators: control =>
+                control.get(this.fileAttribute.id).value &&
+                !control.get(this.fileAttribute.id).value.trim().length &&
+                !this.fileAttributeValue
+                    ? { emptyString: true }
+                    : null,
         });
-        return this._formBuilder.group(config);
     }
 
     #formatAttributeValue(attrValue) {
-        return this.isDate ? attrValue && dayjs(attrValue).format('YYYY-MM-DD') : attrValue.replaceAll(/\s\s+/g, ' ');
+        return this.isDate ? attrValue && dayjs(attrValue).format('YYYY-MM-DD') : attrValue.trim().replaceAll(/\s\s+/g, ' ');
     }
 
     #toggleEdit(): void {