diff --git a/libs/indidevice/property/indipropertyview.h b/libs/indidevice/property/indipropertyview.h
index 78bf8c29bb..1502e8cd20 100644
--- a/libs/indidevice/property/indipropertyview.h
+++ b/libs/indidevice/property/indipropertyview.h
@@ -472,6 +472,11 @@ struct WidgetView<IText>: PROPERTYVIEW_BASE_ACCESS IText
         {
             return getLabel() == otherLabel;
         }
+        
+        bool isEmpty() const
+        {
+            return getText()[0] == '\0';
+        }
 
     public:
         void fill(const char *name, const char *label, const char *initialText)
@@ -971,7 +976,7 @@ struct WidgetView<IBLOB>: PROPERTYVIEW_BASE_ACCESS IBLOB
         }
         void setFormat(const std::string &format)
         {
-            setLabel(format.data());
+            setFormat(format.data());
         }
 
         void setBlob(void *blob)