diff --git a/static/js/infoView.js b/static/js/infoView.js
index e40343b..dbe18b1 100644
--- a/static/js/infoView.js
+++ b/static/js/infoView.js
@@ -732,8 +732,9 @@ oml.ui.infoView = function(externalData, isMixed) {
                     edit[key] = key == 'author'
                         ? splitValue(value || [], 'author')
                         : Ox.contains(arrayKeys, key)
-                        ? (value || '').split(separator)
+                        ? value ? value.split(separator) : []
                         : value;
+                    data[key] = edit[key];
                     oml.api.edit(edit, function(result) {
                         if (!isMultiple || ui.updateResults) {
                             Ox.Request.clearCache();