diff --git a/SAS/TMSS/backend/src/tmss/tmssapp/schemas/common_schema_template-stations-1.json b/SAS/TMSS/backend/src/tmss/tmssapp/schemas/common_schema_template-stations-1.json
index 3aebe9a8389fd54f4b737be5830aecfb1895e62d..4c6999f11e7baa6c827a73e836ed37d56fb9117b 100644
--- a/SAS/TMSS/backend/src/tmss/tmssapp/schemas/common_schema_template-stations-1.json
+++ b/SAS/TMSS/backend/src/tmss/tmssapp/schemas/common_schema_template-stations-1.json
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
       "items":{
         "$ref": "http://tmss.lofar.org/api/schemas/commonschematemplate/stations/1#/definitions/station"
       },
-      "minItems": 1,
+      "minItems": 0,
       "uniqueItems":true
     },
     "max_number_of_missing_stations": {