diff --git a/src/Squidex.Domain.Apps.Core/ContentEnricher.cs b/src/Squidex.Domain.Apps.Core/ContentEnricher.cs
index 2d633ad13..6b0247080 100644
--- a/src/Squidex.Domain.Apps.Core/ContentEnricher.cs
+++ b/src/Squidex.Domain.Apps.Core/ContentEnricher.cs
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ namespace Squidex.Domain.Apps.Core
 
             var key = partitionItem.Key;
 
-            if (!fieldData.TryGetValue(key, out var value) || value == null || value.Type == JTokenType.Null)
+            if (!fieldData.TryGetValue(key, out var value) || field.RawProperties.ShouldApplyDefaultValue(value))
             {
                 fieldData.AddValue(key, defaultValue);
             }
diff --git a/src/Squidex.Domain.Apps.Core/Schemas/FieldProperties.cs b/src/Squidex.Domain.Apps.Core/Schemas/FieldProperties.cs
index 262d8453f..f9785bbbf 100644
--- a/src/Squidex.Domain.Apps.Core/Schemas/FieldProperties.cs
+++ b/src/Squidex.Domain.Apps.Core/Schemas/FieldProperties.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
 using Squidex.Infrastructure;
+using Squidex.Infrastructure.Json;
 
 namespace Squidex.Domain.Apps.Core.Schemas
 {
@@ -62,6 +63,11 @@ namespace Squidex.Domain.Apps.Core.Schemas
 
         public abstract JToken GetDefaultValue();
 
+        public virtual bool ShouldApplyDefaultValue(JToken value)
+        {
+            return value.IsNull();
+        }
+
         public void Validate(IList<ValidationError> errors)
         {
             foreach (var error in ValidateCore())
diff --git a/src/Squidex.Domain.Apps.Core/Schemas/StringFieldProperties.cs b/src/Squidex.Domain.Apps.Core/Schemas/StringFieldProperties.cs
index eb70680ac..fe038910d 100644
--- a/src/Squidex.Domain.Apps.Core/Schemas/StringFieldProperties.cs
+++ b/src/Squidex.Domain.Apps.Core/Schemas/StringFieldProperties.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Collections.Immutable;
 using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
 using Squidex.Infrastructure;
+using Squidex.Infrastructure.Json;
 
 namespace Squidex.Domain.Apps.Core.Schemas
 {
@@ -127,6 +128,11 @@ namespace Squidex.Domain.Apps.Core.Schemas
             return DefaultValue;
         }
 
+        public override bool ShouldApplyDefaultValue(JToken value)
+        {
+            return value.IsNull() || (value is JValue jValue && Equals(jValue.Value, string.Empty));
+        }
+
         protected override IEnumerable<ValidationError> ValidateCore()
         {
             if (!Editor.IsEnumValue())
diff --git a/tests/Squidex.Domain.Apps.Core.Tests/ContentEnrichmentTests.cs b/tests/Squidex.Domain.Apps.Core.Tests/ContentEnrichmentTests.cs
index 35ed1e728..c50f0bc42 100644
--- a/tests/Squidex.Domain.Apps.Core.Tests/ContentEnrichmentTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Squidex.Domain.Apps.Core.Tests/ContentEnrichmentTests.cs
@@ -18,32 +18,30 @@ namespace Squidex.Domain.Apps.Core
 {
     public class ContentEnrichmentTests
     {
+        private static readonly Instant Now = Instant.FromUnixTimeSeconds(SystemClock.Instance.GetCurrentInstant().ToUnixTimeSeconds());
         private readonly LanguagesConfig languagesConfig = LanguagesConfig.Create(Language.DE, Language.EN);
+        private readonly Schema schema =
+            Schema.Create("my-schema", new SchemaProperties())
+                .AddOrUpdateField(new JsonField(1, "my-json", Partitioning.Invariant,
+                    new JsonFieldProperties()))
+                .AddOrUpdateField(new StringField(2, "my-string", Partitioning.Language,
+                    new StringFieldProperties { DefaultValue = "en-string" }))
+                .AddOrUpdateField(new NumberField(3, "my-number", Partitioning.Invariant,
+                    new NumberFieldProperties { DefaultValue = 123 }))
+                .AddOrUpdateField(new AssetsField(4, "my-assets", Partitioning.Invariant,
+                    new AssetsFieldProperties()))
+                .AddOrUpdateField(new BooleanField(5, "my-boolean", Partitioning.Invariant,
+                    new BooleanFieldProperties { DefaultValue = true }))
+                .AddOrUpdateField(new DateTimeField(6, "my-datetime", Partitioning.Invariant,
+                    new DateTimeFieldProperties { DefaultValue = Now }))
+                .AddOrUpdateField(new ReferencesField(7, "my-references", Partitioning.Invariant,
+                    new ReferencesFieldProperties { SchemaId = Guid.NewGuid() }))
+                .AddOrUpdateField(new GeolocationField(8, "my-geolocation", Partitioning.Invariant,
+                    new GeolocationFieldProperties()));
 
         [Fact]
         private void Should_enrich_with_default_values()
         {
-            var now = Instant.FromUnixTimeSeconds(SystemClock.Instance.GetCurrentInstant().ToUnixTimeSeconds());
-
-            var schema =
-                Schema.Create("my-schema", new SchemaProperties())
-                    .AddOrUpdateField(new JsonField(1, "my-json", Partitioning.Invariant,
-                        new JsonFieldProperties()))
-                    .AddOrUpdateField(new StringField(2, "my-string", Partitioning.Language,
-                        new StringFieldProperties { DefaultValue = "en-string" }))
-                    .AddOrUpdateField(new NumberField(3, "my-number", Partitioning.Invariant,
-                        new NumberFieldProperties { DefaultValue = 123 }))
-                    .AddOrUpdateField(new AssetsField(4, "my-assets", Partitioning.Invariant,
-                        new AssetsFieldProperties()))
-                    .AddOrUpdateField(new BooleanField(5, "my-boolean", Partitioning.Invariant,
-                        new BooleanFieldProperties { DefaultValue = true }))
-                    .AddOrUpdateField(new DateTimeField(6, "my-datetime", Partitioning.Invariant,
-                        new DateTimeFieldProperties { DefaultValue = now }))
-                    .AddOrUpdateField(new ReferencesField(7, "my-references", Partitioning.Invariant,
-                        new ReferencesFieldProperties { SchemaId = Guid.NewGuid() }))
-                    .AddOrUpdateField(new GeolocationField(8, "my-geolocation", Partitioning.Invariant,
-                        new GeolocationFieldProperties()));
-
             var data =
                 new NamedContentData()
                     .AddField("my-string",
@@ -60,9 +58,29 @@ namespace Squidex.Domain.Apps.Core
             Assert.Equal("de-string", (string)data["my-string"]["de"]);
             Assert.Equal("en-string", (string)data["my-string"]["en"]);
 
-            Assert.Equal(now, InstantPattern.General.Parse((string)data["my-datetime"]["iv"]).Value);
+            Assert.Equal(Now, InstantPattern.General.Parse((string)data["my-datetime"]["iv"]).Value);
 
             Assert.Equal(true, (bool)data["my-boolean"]["iv"]);
         }
+
+        [Fact]
+        private void Should_also_enrich_with_default_values_when_string_is_empty()
+        {
+            var now = Instant.FromUnixTimeSeconds(SystemClock.Instance.GetCurrentInstant().ToUnixTimeSeconds());
+
+            var data =
+                new NamedContentData()
+                    .AddField("my-string",
+                        new ContentFieldData()
+                            .AddValue("de", string.Empty))
+                    .AddField("my-number",
+                        new ContentFieldData()
+                            .AddValue("iv", 456));
+
+            data.Enrich(schema, languagesConfig.ToResolver());
+
+            Assert.Equal("en-string", (string)data["my-string"]["de"]);
+            Assert.Equal("en-string", (string)data["my-string"]["en"]);
+        }
     }
 }