diff --git a/electron/renderer/src/actions/index.js b/electron/renderer/src/actions/index.js
index e041f1be433..ddf0c5f4fc9 100644
--- a/electron/renderer/src/actions/index.js
+++ b/electron/renderer/src/actions/index.js
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export const abortAccountCreation = (id) => {
 
 export const updateAccountData = (id, data) => {
   return (dispatch, getState) => {
-    const isValidAccountData = verifyObjectProperties(data, {
+    const validatedAccountData = verifyObjectProperties(data, {
       'teamID': 'String',
       'userID': 'String',
       'picture': 'String',
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ export const updateAccountData = (id, data) => {
       'accentID': 'Number',
     });
 
-    if (isValidAccountData) {
-      dispatch(updateAccount(id, data));
+    if (validatedAccountData) {
+      dispatch(updateAccount(id, validatedAccountData));
     } else {
       console.warn(`Got invalid account data ${JSON.stringify(data)}`);
     }
diff --git a/electron/renderer/src/lib/__tests__/verifyObjectProperties.spec.js b/electron/renderer/src/lib/__tests__/verifyObjectProperties.spec.js
index c69bb318827..af737d13a51 100644
--- a/electron/renderer/src/lib/__tests__/verifyObjectProperties.spec.js
+++ b/electron/renderer/src/lib/__tests__/verifyObjectProperties.spec.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import verifyObjectProperties from '../verifyObjectProperties';
 
 describe('verifyObjectProperties', () => {
 
-  it('should return true if object contains all properties specified in the config', () => {
+  it('should return the object if object contains all properties specified in the config', () => {
     const obj = {
       foo: 'test',
       bla: 2,
@@ -30,18 +30,27 @@ describe('verifyObjectProperties', () => {
       foo: 'String',
       bla: 'Number',
     };
-    expect(verifyObjectProperties(obj, config)).toBeTruthy();
+
+    const validatedObject = verifyObjectProperties(obj, config);
+    expect(validatedObject).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(Object.keys(validatedObject).length).toBe(2);
   });
 
-  it('should return true if object contains only a subset of properties specified in the config', () => {
+  it('should return the object with defaults if object contains only a subset of properties specified in the config', () => {
     const obj = {
       bla: 2,
     };
     const config = {
       foo: 'String',
       bla: 'Number',
+      some: 'Number',
     };
-    expect(verifyObjectProperties(obj, config)).toBeTruthy();
+
+    const validatedObject = verifyObjectProperties(obj, config);
+    expect(validatedObject).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(Object.keys(validatedObject).length).toBe(3);
+    expect(validatedObject['foo']).toBe('');
+    expect(validatedObject['some']).toBeUndefined();
   });
 
   it('should return false if object contains a property with a wrong type', () => {
@@ -58,7 +67,7 @@ describe('verifyObjectProperties', () => {
 
   it('should return false if object contains a property with undefined but config excepted a type', () => {
     const obj = {
-      foo: 1,
+      foo: undefined,
       bla: 2,
     };
     const config = {
@@ -79,4 +88,4 @@ describe('verifyObjectProperties', () => {
     expect(verifyObjectProperties(obj, config)).toBeFalsy();
   });
 
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});
diff --git a/electron/renderer/src/lib/verifyObjectProperties.js b/electron/renderer/src/lib/verifyObjectProperties.js
index ceb4a2fff44..6adb50bb8de 100644
--- a/electron/renderer/src/lib/verifyObjectProperties.js
+++ b/electron/renderer/src/lib/verifyObjectProperties.js
@@ -18,19 +18,26 @@
  */
 
 function is(type, obj) {
-  var clas = Object.prototype.toString.call(obj).slice(8, -1);
-  return obj != null && clas === type;
+  const getType = Object.prototype.toString.call(obj).slice(8, -1);
+  return obj != null && getType === type;
 }
 
 export default function(data, config) {
   const dataKeys = Object.keys(data);
   const configKeys = Object.keys(config);
 
-  if (dataKeys.length > configKeys) {
+  if (dataKeys.length > configKeys.length) {
     return false;
   }
 
-  return dataKeys.every((key) => {
-    return config.hasOwnProperty(key) && is(config[key], data[key]);
+  const isValidObject = configKeys.every((key) => {
+    if (!data.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
+      data[key] = config[key] === 'String' ? '' : undefined;
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    return is(config[key], data[key]);
   });
+
+  return isValidObject ? data : false;
 }