diff --git a/docker-compose/dsconfig/manage_object_properties.py b/docker-compose/dsconfig/manage_object_properties.py
index 7c4a75bb7d97293fa9df3b94af81486393350ee8..2d22fd11e537e575a143129e55dffa66c0683620 100755
--- a/docker-compose/dsconfig/manage_object_properties.py
+++ b/docker-compose/dsconfig/manage_object_properties.py
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     # import
     if args.write:
         objects = json.load(sys.stdin)
-        write_objects(objects["objects"])
+        if "objects" in objects:
+            write_objects(objects["objects"])
 
     # export
     if args.read: