diff --git a/app/edge/views/edge-stacks/editEdgeStackView/editEdgeStackView.html b/app/edge/views/edge-stacks/editEdgeStackView/editEdgeStackView.html
index 8bfaf2d6d..4bb6abb8b 100644
--- a/app/edge/views/edge-stacks/editEdgeStackView/editEdgeStackView.html
+++ b/app/edge/views/edge-stacks/editEdgeStackView/editEdgeStackView.html
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
             <div style="padding: 20px">
               <edit-edge-stack-form
-                ng-if="$ctrl.edgeGroups && $ctrl.stack && $ctrl.formValues.content"
+                ng-if="$ctrl.edgeGroups && $ctrl.stack && $ctrl.formValues.content !== null"
                 edge-groups="$ctrl.edgeGroups"
                 edge-stack="$ctrl.stack"
                 is-submitting="$ctrl.state.actionInProgress"
diff --git a/app/edge/views/edge-stacks/editEdgeStackView/editEdgeStackViewController.js b/app/edge/views/edge-stacks/editEdgeStackView/editEdgeStackViewController.js
index c1048759d..bf9c27043 100644
--- a/app/edge/views/edge-stacks/editEdgeStackView/editEdgeStackViewController.js
+++ b/app/edge/views/edge-stacks/editEdgeStackView/editEdgeStackViewController.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export class EditEdgeStackViewController {
     };
 
     this.formValues = {
-      content: '',
+      content: null,
     };
 
     this.deployStack = this.deployStack.bind(this);
@@ -36,7 +36,11 @@ export class EditEdgeStackViewController {
       const { stackId, tab } = this.$state.params;
       this.state.activeTab = tab ? parseInt(tab, 10) : 0;
       try {
-        const [edgeGroups, model, file] = await Promise.all([this.EdgeGroupService.groups(), this.EdgeStackService.stack(stackId), this.EdgeStackService.stackFile(stackId)]);
+        const [edgeGroups, model, file] = await Promise.all([
+          this.EdgeGroupService.groups(),
+          this.EdgeStackService.stack(stackId),
+          this.EdgeStackService.stackFile(stackId).catch(() => ''),
+        ]);
 
         this.edgeGroups = edgeGroups;
         this.stack = model;