diff --git a/static/js/pandora/infoView.js b/static/js/pandora/infoView.js
index 5b60d539..881d5ba7 100644
--- a/static/js/pandora/infoView.js
+++ b/static/js/pandora/infoView.js
@@ -497,8 +497,8 @@ pandora.ui.infoView = function(data) {
             var edit = {id: data.id};
             if (key == 'title') {
                 Ox.extend(edit, parseTitle(value));
-            } else if (key == 'director' || key == 'country') {
-                edit[key] = value.split(', ');
+            } else if(['director', 'country'].indexOf(key) > -1) {
+                edit[key] = value ? value.split(', ') : [];
             } else {
                 edit[key] = value;
             }
diff --git a/static/js/pandora/infoView.padma.js b/static/js/pandora/infoView.padma.js
index c7c1a34d..58dea2d1 100644
--- a/static/js/pandora/infoView.padma.js
+++ b/static/js/pandora/infoView.padma.js
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ pandora.ui.infoView = function(data) {
             var edit = {id: data.id};
             if (key == 'title') {
                 Ox.extend(edit, parseTitle(value));
-            } else if(['director', 'country', 'language', 'category'].indexOf(key) >= 0) {
+            } else if(['director', 'country', 'language', 'category'].indexOf(key) > -1) {
                 edit[key] = value ? value.split(', ') : [];
             } else {
                 edit[key] = value;