diff --git a/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/migrations/0001_initial.py b/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/migrations/0001_initial.py
index c47c3f27e22a7a55fbef46500fcddcf154b79bef..e32e4be72aa612bfc8fd7c58088b19c589f5b9b0 100644
--- a/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/migrations/0001_initial.py
+++ b/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Generated by Django 2.2.12 on 2020-08-06 10:12
+# Generated by Django 3.0.9 on 2020-08-28 09:06
 
 from django.conf import settings
 import django.contrib.postgres.fields
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
                 ('description', models.CharField(help_text='A longer description of this object.', max_length=255)),
                 ('version', models.CharField(help_text='Version of this template (with respect to other templates of the same name).', max_length=128)),
                 ('schema', django.contrib.postgres.fields.jsonb.JSONField(help_text='Schema for the configurable parameters needed to use this template.')),
-                ('validation_code_js', models.CharField(help_text='JavaScript code for additional (complex) validation.', max_length=128)),
+                ('validation_code_js', models.CharField(blank=True, default='', help_text='JavaScript code for additional (complex) validation.', max_length=128)),
             ],
         ),
         migrations.CreateModel(
diff --git a/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/models/specification.py b/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/models/specification.py
index 640e8f6bcc1b9f82e6b7c1dd9a4aaba77a13a1b2..e340f10ecec6ea2cefdd5483af7f0483309f96b1 100644
--- a/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/models/specification.py
+++ b/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/models/specification.py
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ class DefaultSchedulingUnitTemplate(BasicCommon):
 
 
 class TaskTemplate(Template):
-    validation_code_js = CharField(max_length=128, help_text='JavaScript code for additional (complex) validation.')
+    validation_code_js = CharField(max_length=128, blank=True, default="", help_text='JavaScript code for additional (complex) validation.')
 
     class Meta:
         # TODO: move up to the abstract base class and replace with django 3.0 UniqueConstraint(... name='%*class)s_unique_name_version)