diff --git a/app/controllers/settings/menu_item_instances_controller.rb b/app/controllers/settings/menu_item_instances_controller.rb
index 6bd00638..f9c20a2d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/settings/menu_item_instances_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/settings/menu_item_instances_controller.rb
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class Settings::MenuItemInstancesController < ApplicationController
     category = MenuCategory.find(catID.menu_category_id)
     respond_to do |format|
       if @settings_menu_item_instances.save
-        @settings_menu_item_instances.item_attributes = params[:menu_item_instance][:item_attributes]
+        @settings_menu_item_instances.item_attributes = params[:menu_item_instance][:item_attributes].reject(&:blank?)
         @settings_menu_item_instances.save
         format.html { redirect_to settings_menu_category_simple_menu_item_path(category,catID), notice: 'Menu item instance was successfully created.' }
         format.json { render :show, status: :created, location: @settings_menu_item_instances }
diff --git a/app/models/menu_item.rb b/app/models/menu_item.rb
index 2a4e86be..7d69ca3e 100644
--- a/app/models/menu_item.rb
+++ b/app/models/menu_item.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class MenuItem < ApplicationRecord
-  belongs_to :account
+  # belongs_to :account
   belongs_to :menu_category, :optional => true
   has_many :menu_item_instances
   belongs_to :parent, :class_name => "MenuItem", foreign_key: "menu_item_id", :optional => true