diff --git a/common/src/app/common/files/migrations.cljc b/common/src/app/common/files/migrations.cljc
index 8ba0857802..105b64e5b6 100644
--- a/common/src/app/common/files/migrations.cljc
+++ b/common/src/app/common/files/migrations.cljc
@@ -853,11 +853,11 @@
 (defn migrate-up-44
   [data]
   (letfn [(fix-shadow [shadow]
-            (if (string? (:color shadow))
-              (let [color {:color (:color shadow)
-                           :opacity 1}]
-                (assoc shadow :color color))
-              shadow))
+            (let [color (if (string? (:color shadow))
+                          {:color (:color shadow)
+                           :opacity 1}
+                          (d/without-nils (:color shadow)))]
+              (assoc shadow :color color)))
 
           (update-object [object]
             (d/update-when object :shadow