diff --git a/client/src/components/item-form-modal.tsx b/client/src/components/item-form-modal.tsx
index 2d98a0a..0d81795 100644
--- a/client/src/components/item-form-modal.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/item-form-modal.tsx
@@ -376,10 +376,18 @@ export function ItemFormModal({
     for (const attribute of attributeEntries) {
       const key = attribute.key.trim();
       if (!key) {
+        if (!attribute.value.trim()) {
+          continue;
+        }
         setError('Attribute name cannot be empty.');
         return;
       }
 
+      const trimmedValue = attribute.value.trim();
+      if (!trimmedValue.length && !attribute.forcedString) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
       const inference = inferScalarValue(
         attribute.value,
         attribute.forcedString,