diff --git a/wled00/json.cpp b/wled00/json.cpp
index 4457c221..d3b1ca25 100644
--- a/wled00/json.cpp
+++ b/wled00/json.cpp
@@ -496,7 +496,8 @@ void serializeSegment(JsonObject& root, Segment& seg, byte id, bool forPreset, b
   root["cct"]    = seg.cct;
   root[F("set")] = seg.set;
 
-  if (segmentBounds && seg.name != nullptr) root["n"] = reinterpret_cast<const char *>(seg.name); //not good practice, but decreases required JSON buffer
+  if (seg.name != nullptr) root["n"] = reinterpret_cast<const char *>(seg.name); //not good practice, but decreases required JSON buffer
+  else if (forPreset) root["n"] = "";
 
   // to conserve RAM we will serialize the col array manually
   // this will reduce RAM footprint from ~300 bytes to 84 bytes per segment