diff --git a/LibreNMS/Alert/Transport/Dummy.php b/LibreNMS/Alert/Transport/Dummy.php
index a3c8c5291f..7dc995e927 100644
--- a/LibreNMS/Alert/Transport/Dummy.php
+++ b/LibreNMS/Alert/Transport/Dummy.php
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ class Dummy extends Transport
 
     public static function configTemplate()
     {
-        return [];
+        return [
+            'validation' => [],
+            'config' => [],
+        ];
     }
 }
diff --git a/includes/html/forms/alert-transports.inc.php b/includes/html/forms/alert-transports.inc.php
index 77131dc2b1..b3924a9e3e 100644
--- a/includes/html/forms/alert-transports.inc.php
+++ b/includes/html/forms/alert-transports.inc.php
@@ -91,29 +91,23 @@ if (empty($name)) {
             }
             $status = 'error';
         } else {
-            $transport_config = json_decode(dbFetchCell('SELECT transport_config FROM alert_transports WHERE transport_id=?', [$transport_id]), true);
+            $transport_config = (array)json_decode(dbFetchCell('SELECT transport_config FROM alert_transports WHERE transport_id=?', [$transport_id]), true);
             foreach ($result['config'] as $tmp_config) {
                 if (isset($tmp_config['name']) && $tmp_config['type'] !== 'hidden') {
                     $transport_config[$tmp_config['name']] = $vars[$tmp_config['name']];
                 }
             }
             //Update the json config field
-            if ($transport_config) {
-                $transport_config = json_encode($transport_config);
-                $detail = [
-                    'transport_type' => $transport_type,
-                    'transport_config' => $transport_config
-                ];
-                $where = 'transport_id=?';
+            $detail = [
+                'transport_type' => $transport_type,
+                'transport_config' => json_encode($transport_config)
+            ];
+            $where = 'transport_id=?';
 
-                dbUpdate($detail, 'alert_transports', $where, [$transport_id]);
+            dbUpdate($detail, 'alert_transports', $where, [$transport_id]);
 
-                $status = 'ok';
-                $message = 'Updated alert transports';
-            } else {
-                $status = 'error';
-                $message = 'There was an issue with the transport config';
-            }
+            $status = 'ok';
+            $message = 'Updated alert transports';
         }
         if ($status == 'error' && $newEntry) {
             //If error, we will have to delete the new entry in alert_transports tbl