diff --git a/client/src/app/videos/shared/video.service.ts b/client/src/app/videos/shared/video.service.ts
index ba83c72fd..ef683dea6 100644
--- a/client/src/app/videos/shared/video.service.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/videos/shared/video.service.ts
@@ -81,14 +81,17 @@ export class VideoService {
   }
 
   updateVideo(video: Video) {
+    const language = video.language ? video.language : null;
+
     const body = {
       name: video.name,
       category: video.category,
       licence: video.licence,
-      language: video.language,
+      language,
       description: video.description,
       tags: video.tags
     };
+
     const headers = new Headers({ 'Content-Type': 'application/json' });
     const options = new RequestOptions({ headers: headers });
 
diff --git a/client/src/app/videos/video-edit/video-update.component.ts b/client/src/app/videos/video-edit/video-update.component.ts
index adb3d295c..933132cc0 100644
--- a/client/src/app/videos/video-edit/video-update.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/videos/video-edit/video-update.component.ts
@@ -98,7 +98,17 @@ export class VideoUpdateComponent extends FormReactive implements OnInit {
                      );
   }
 
+  checkForm() {
+    this.forceCheck();
+
+    return this.form.valid;
+  }
+
   update() {
+    if (this.checkForm() === false) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     this.video.patch(this.form.value);
 
     this.videoService.updateVideo(this.video)
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/videos.js b/server/controllers/api/videos.js
index 4a4c5e162..aeefaa555 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/videos.js
+++ b/server/controllers/api/videos.js
@@ -444,12 +444,12 @@ function updateVideo (req, res, finalCallback) {
         transaction: t
       }
 
-      if (videoInfosToUpdate.name) videoInstance.set('name', videoInfosToUpdate.name)
-      if (videoInfosToUpdate.category) videoInstance.set('category', videoInfosToUpdate.category)
-      if (videoInfosToUpdate.licence) videoInstance.set('licence', videoInfosToUpdate.licence)
-      if (videoInfosToUpdate.language) videoInstance.set('language', videoInfosToUpdate.language)
-      if (videoInfosToUpdate.nsfw) videoInstance.set('nsfw', videoInfosToUpdate.nsfw)
-      if (videoInfosToUpdate.description) videoInstance.set('description', videoInfosToUpdate.description)
+      if (videoInfosToUpdate.name !== undefined) videoInstance.set('name', videoInfosToUpdate.name)
+      if (videoInfosToUpdate.category !== undefined) videoInstance.set('category', videoInfosToUpdate.category)
+      if (videoInfosToUpdate.licence !== undefined) videoInstance.set('licence', videoInfosToUpdate.licence)
+      if (videoInfosToUpdate.language !== undefined) videoInstance.set('language', videoInfosToUpdate.language)
+      if (videoInfosToUpdate.nsfw !== undefined) videoInstance.set('nsfw', videoInfosToUpdate.nsfw)
+      if (videoInfosToUpdate.description !== undefined) videoInstance.set('description', videoInfosToUpdate.description)
 
       videoInstance.save(options).asCallback(function (err) {
         return callback(err, t, tagInstances)
diff --git a/server/helpers/custom-validators/videos.js b/server/helpers/custom-validators/videos.js
index 8dabb828d..196731e04 100644
--- a/server/helpers/custom-validators/videos.js
+++ b/server/helpers/custom-validators/videos.js
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ function isVideoLicenceValid (value) {
 }
 
 function isVideoLanguageValid (value) {
-  return constants.VIDEO_LANGUAGES[value] !== undefined
+  return value === null || constants.VIDEO_LANGUAGES[value] !== undefined
 }
 
 function isVideoNSFWValid (value) {