diff --git a/gateway/cypress/integration/retention/ui-homepage-edit.js b/gateway/cypress/integration/retention/ui-homepage-edit.js
index 70bef107b..9a3637334 100644
--- a/gateway/cypress/integration/retention/ui-homepage-edit.js
+++ b/gateway/cypress/integration/retention/ui-homepage-edit.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import credentials from '../../fixtures/credentials.json';
 const { email, name } = data.homepageTestMembers.consortiumMember;
 
 describe('Test editing member details', () => {
-  it('Editing Almonds forest member dtails', function () {
+  it('Editing Almonds Forest member details', function () {
     const date = Date.now();
     cy.programmaticSignin(email, credentials.password);
     cy.visit('/');
@@ -61,11 +61,12 @@ describe('Test editing member details', () => {
     cy.get('app-member-info-landing').contains('Street ' + date + ", City " + date + ", " + date);
     cy.get('app-member-info-landing').contains(`YES - ORCID can use trademarked assets`);
     cy.visit('/edit');
+    // wait for data to load
     cy.intercept(`/services/memberservice/api/members/${data.homepageTestMembers.consortiumMember.salesforceId}/member-contacts`).as('details');
     cy.wait('@details');
     cy.get('[name="trademarkLicense"][value="No"]').click();
+    cy.get('[name="website"]').clear()
     cy.get('[type="submit"]').click();
     cy.get('app-member-info-landing').contains(`NO - ORCID cannot use this organization's trademarked name and logos`);
-
   });
 });
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diff --git a/gateway/cypress/integration/retention/ui-homepage.js b/gateway/cypress/integration/retention/ui-homepage.js
index a91b7d43e..513664348 100644
--- a/gateway/cypress/integration/retention/ui-homepage.js
+++ b/gateway/cypress/integration/retention/ui-homepage.js
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ describe('Test homepage', () => {
     cy.get('.side-bar').contains("Public details")
     cy.get('.side-bar').contains("Website")
     cy.get('.side-bar').contains("Email")
-    cy.get('.side-bar').contains("https://")
+    cy.get('.side-bar').contains("No website added")
     cy.get('.side-bar').contains("@orcid.org")
     cy.get('.main-section').contains("Consortium/Parent organization: Mambo No 5")
     cy.get('.main-section').contains("Membership: Active")
diff --git a/gateway/src/main/webapp/app/home/member-info-landing/member-info-edit/member-info-edit.component.ts b/gateway/src/main/webapp/app/home/member-info-landing/member-info-edit/member-info-edit.component.ts
index b55d00344..41f2ffbe8 100644
--- a/gateway/src/main/webapp/app/home/member-info-landing/member-info-edit/member-info-edit.component.ts
+++ b/gateway/src/main/webapp/app/home/member-info-landing/member-info-edit/member-info-edit.component.ts
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ export class MemberInfoEditComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   }
 
   validateUrl() {
-    if (!/(http(s?)):\/\//i.test(this.memberData.website)) {
+    if (this.memberData.website && !/(http(s?)):\/\//i.test(this.memberData.website)) {
       this.memberData.website = 'http://' + this.memberData.website;
     }
   }
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ export class MemberInfoEditComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
       this.invalidForm = false;
       this.isSaving = true;
       const details: ISFMemberUpdate = this.createDetailsFromForm();
+
       this.memberService.updateMemberDetails(details, this.memberData.id).subscribe(
         res => {
           this.memberService.memberData.next({
diff --git a/gateway/src/main/webapp/app/home/member-info-landing/member-info-landing.component.ts b/gateway/src/main/webapp/app/home/member-info-landing/member-info-landing.component.ts
index cc8797815..869cba1aa 100644
--- a/gateway/src/main/webapp/app/home/member-info-landing/member-info-landing.component.ts
+++ b/gateway/src/main/webapp/app/home/member-info-landing/member-info-landing.component.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export class MemberInfoLandingComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   }
 
   validateUrl() {
-    if (!/(http(s?)):\/\//i.test(this.memberData.website)) {
+    if (this.memberData.website && !/(http(s?)):\/\//i.test(this.memberData.website)) {
       this.memberData.website = 'http://' + this.memberData.website;
     }
   }
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ export class MemberInfoLandingComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   }
 
   stopManagingMember() {
-    // empty string if it's not working
     this.memberService.setManagedMember(null);
     this.memberService.fetchMemberData(this.account.salesforceId);
   }