diff --git a/designer/client/src/components/graph/node-modal/editors/expression/Formatter.ts b/designer/client/src/components/graph/node-modal/editors/expression/Formatter.ts
index 82eee8bfee6..49a0f484e6a 100644
--- a/designer/client/src/components/graph/node-modal/editors/expression/Formatter.ts
+++ b/designer/client/src/components/graph/node-modal/editors/expression/Formatter.ts
@@ -29,10 +29,7 @@ const valueStartsWithQuotationMark = (value) => startsWith(value, '"') || starts
 const quotationMark = (value) => (valueStartsWithQuotationMark(value) ? valueQuotationMark(value) : defaultQuotationMark);
 
 export const stringSpelFormatter: Formatter = {
-    encode: (value) => {
-        if (value === "") return value;
-        else return quotationMark(value) + value + quotationMark(value);
-    },
+    encode: (value) => quotationMark(value) + value + quotationMark(value),
     decode: (value) => value.substring(1, value.length - 1),
 };