diff --git a/photon-client/src/components/settings/NetworkingCard.vue b/photon-client/src/components/settings/NetworkingCard.vue
index ee29190108..d8a9973c6a 100644
--- a/photon-client/src/components/settings/NetworkingCard.vue
+++ b/photon-client/src/components/settings/NetworkingCard.vue
@@ -68,8 +68,22 @@ const settingsHaveChanged = (): boolean => {
 const saveGeneralSettings = () => {
   const changingStaticIp = useSettingsStore().network.connectionType === NetworkConnectionType.Static;
 
+  // replace undefined members with empty strings for backend
+  const payload = {
+    connectionType: tempSettingsStruct.value.connectionType,
+    hostname: tempSettingsStruct.value.hostname,
+    networkManagerIface: tempSettingsStruct.value.networkManagerIface || "",
+    ntServerAddress: tempSettingsStruct.value.ntServerAddress,
+    runNTServer: tempSettingsStruct.value.runNTServer,
+    setDHCPcommand: tempSettingsStruct.value.setDHCPcommand || "",
+    setStaticCommand: tempSettingsStruct.value.setStaticCommand || "",
+    shouldManage: tempSettingsStruct.value.shouldManage,
+    shouldPublishProto: tempSettingsStruct.value.shouldPublishProto,
+    staticIp: tempSettingsStruct.value.staticIp
+  };
+
   useSettingsStore()
-    .saveGeneralSettings()
+    .updateGeneralSettings(payload)
     .then((response) => {
       useStateStore().showSnackbarMessage({
         message: response.data.text || response.data,
diff --git a/photon-client/src/stores/settings/GeneralSettingsStore.ts b/photon-client/src/stores/settings/GeneralSettingsStore.ts
index a04d2af558..c7fc264dfc 100644
--- a/photon-client/src/stores/settings/GeneralSettingsStore.ts
+++ b/photon-client/src/stores/settings/GeneralSettingsStore.ts
@@ -105,19 +105,7 @@ export const useSettingsStore = defineStore("settings", {
       this.network = data.networkSettings;
       this.currentFieldLayout = data.atfl;
     },
-    saveGeneralSettings() {
-      const payload: Required<ConfigurableNetworkSettings> = {
-        connectionType: this.network.connectionType,
-        hostname: this.network.hostname,
-        networkManagerIface: this.network.networkManagerIface || "",
-        ntServerAddress: this.network.ntServerAddress,
-        runNTServer: this.network.runNTServer,
-        setDHCPcommand: this.network.setDHCPcommand || "",
-        setStaticCommand: this.network.setStaticCommand || "",
-        shouldManage: this.network.shouldManage,
-        shouldPublishProto: this.network.shouldPublishProto,
-        staticIp: this.network.staticIp
-      };
+    updateGeneralSettings(payload: Required<ConfigurableNetworkSettings>) {
       return axios.post("/settings/general", payload);
     },
     /**