diff --git a/Logic/Osm/Actions/DeleteAction.ts b/Logic/Osm/Actions/DeleteAction.ts
index def0ca5bb..2e0ae7fa0 100644
--- a/Logic/Osm/Actions/DeleteAction.ts
+++ b/Logic/Osm/Actions/DeleteAction.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import ChangeTagAction from "./ChangeTagAction"
 import {TagsFilter} from "../../Tags/TagsFilter"
 import {And} from "../../Tags/And"
 import {Tag} from "../../Tags/Tag"
+import {Utils} from "../../../Utils";
 
 export default class DeleteAction extends OsmChangeAction {
     private readonly _softDeletionTags: TagsFilter
@@ -30,16 +31,16 @@ export default class DeleteAction extends OsmChangeAction {
         this._id = id
         this._hardDelete = hardDelete
         this.meta = {...meta, changeType: "deletion"}
-        if (softDeletionTags.usedKeys().indexOf("fixme") >= 0) {
+        if (softDeletionTags?.usedKeys()?.indexOf("fixme") >= 0) {
             this._softDeletionTags = softDeletionTags
         } else {
-            this._softDeletionTags = new And([
+            this._softDeletionTags = new And(Utils.NoNull([
                 softDeletionTags,
                 new Tag(
                     "fixme",
                     `A mapcomplete user marked this feature to be deleted (${meta.specialMotivation})`
                 ),
-            ])
+            ]))
         }
     }