diff --git a/djangoldp/serializers.py b/djangoldp/serializers.py
index e4526d154883c42d5413f556e3d4e1b1dbbb93d3..4e37dec9c45c14b8b301a9e3dbcc9623c319f562 100644
--- a/djangoldp/serializers.py
+++ b/djangoldp/serializers.py
@@ -292,6 +292,8 @@ class LDPSerializer(HyperlinkedModelSerializer):
                     fields = '__all__'
 
             def to_internal_value(self, data):
+                if data is '':
+                    return ''
                 if self.url_field_name in data:
                     if not isinstance(data, Mapping):
                         message = self.error_messages['invalid'].format(
@@ -450,7 +452,10 @@ class LDPSerializer(HyperlinkedModelSerializer):
         for attr, value in validated_data.items():
             if isinstance(value, dict):
                 value = self.update_dict_value(attr, instance, value)
-            setattr(instance, attr, value)
+            if value is '' and not isinstance(getattr(instance, attr), str):
+                setattr(instance, attr, None)
+            else:
+                setattr(instance, attr, value)
 
         instance.save()
 
diff --git a/djangoldp/tests/models.py b/djangoldp/tests/models.py
index eeab3e1b4b33c68bf807d3d85ea64bc29cab1a79..b23632ae6d8dd507c623559be245bdb25bcc8531 100644
--- a/djangoldp/tests/models.py
+++ b/djangoldp/tests/models.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ class JobOffer(Model):
 class Conversation(models.Model):
     description = models.CharField(max_length=255, blank=True, null=True)
     author_user = models.ForeignKey(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL)
+    peer_user = models.ForeignKey(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL, blank=True, null=True, related_name="peers_conv")
 
 
 class UserProfile(Model):
@@ -59,7 +60,6 @@ class Invoice(Model):
     title = models.CharField(max_length=255, blank=True, null=True)
     date = models.DateField(blank=True, null=True)
 
-
     class Meta:
         depth = 2
         permission_classes = [AnonymousReadOnly]
@@ -91,4 +91,4 @@ class Post(Model):
         auto_author = 'author'
 
 
-get_user_model()._meta.serializer_fields = ['@id', 'username', 'first_name', 'last_name', 'email', 'userprofile', 'conversation_set']
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+get_user_model()._meta.serializer_fields = ['@id', 'username', 'first_name', 'last_name', 'email', 'userprofile', 'conversation_set']
diff --git a/djangoldp/tests/runner.py b/djangoldp/tests/runner.py
index 2f2958ca2155c5c281a673898d0b91008a32c132..82859e21c5022f65a5da76022a61154b1ecadc3f 100644
--- a/djangoldp/tests/runner.py
+++ b/djangoldp/tests/runner.py
@@ -59,9 +59,10 @@ failures = test_runner.run_tests([
     'djangoldp.tests.tests_anonymous_permissions',
     'djangoldp.tests.tests_update',
     'djangoldp.tests.tests_auto_author',
-    # 'djangoldp.tests.tests_temp'
     'djangoldp.tests.tests_get',
-    'djangoldp.tests.tests_delete'
+    'djangoldp.tests.tests_delete',
+    # 'djangoldp.tests.tests_temp'
+
 ])
 if failures:
     sys.exit(failures)
diff --git a/djangoldp/tests/tests_temp.py b/djangoldp/tests/tests_temp.py
index 309931fde07780b008cb4fd6da10950028944d13..8a4b4d0fc5d4a9b7bbecb01af7b7de244fba8d18 100644
--- a/djangoldp/tests/tests_temp.py
+++ b/djangoldp/tests/tests_temp.py
@@ -1,11 +1,18 @@
-import json
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from django.test import TestCase
+from rest_framework.test import APIRequestFactory, APIClient
+from rest_framework.utils import json
 
-from rest_framework.test import APITestCase
+from djangoldp.serializers import LDPSerializer
+from djangoldp.tests.models import Post, UserProfile
+from djangoldp.tests.models import Skill, JobOffer, Conversation, Message
 
-from djangoldp.models import Model
-from djangoldp.tests.models import Invoice
 
+class TestTemp(TestCase):
 
-class TestTemp(APITestCase):
-    pass
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.factory = APIRequestFactory()
+        self.client = APIClient()
 
+    def tearDown(self):
+        pass
diff --git a/djangoldp/tests/tests_update.py b/djangoldp/tests/tests_update.py
index 6f1e677d1578a00f202b32397812285f7c23871f..4e31ea7ded51763a416e57002c90c5a7c84aaafc 100644
--- a/djangoldp/tests/tests_update.py
+++ b/djangoldp/tests/tests_update.py
@@ -358,4 +358,36 @@ class Update(TestCase):
         response = self.client.put('/users/{}/'.format(user.pk), data=json.dumps(body),
                                    content_type='application/ld+json')
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
-        self.assertIn('conversation_set', response.data)
\ No newline at end of file
+        self.assertIn('conversation_set', response.data)
+
+    def test_missing_field_should_not_be_removed_with_fk_relation(self):
+        user = User.objects.create(username="alex", password="test")
+        peer = User.objects.create(username="sylvain", password="test2")
+        conversation = Conversation.objects.create(author_user=user, peer_user=peer, description="conversation description")
+        body = [
+            {
+                '@id': "/conversations/{}/".format(conversation.pk),
+                'http://happy-dev.fr/owl/#description': "conversation update",
+            }
+        ]
+        response = self.client.put('/conversations/{}/'.format(conversation.pk), data=json.dumps(body),
+                                   content_type='application/ld+json')
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertIn('peer_user', response.data)
+
+    def test_empty_field_should_be_removed_with_fk_relation(self):
+        user = User.objects.create(username="alex", password="test")
+        peer = User.objects.create(username="sylvain", password="test2")
+        conversation = Conversation.objects.create(author_user=user, peer_user=peer, description="conversation description")
+        body = [
+            {
+                '@id': "/conversations/{}/".format(conversation.pk),
+                'http://happy-dev.fr/owl/#description': "conversation update",
+                'http://happy-dev.fr/owl/#peer_user': ""
+            }
+        ]
+        response = self.client.put('/conversations/{}/'.format(conversation.pk), data=json.dumps(body),
+                                   content_type='application/ld+json')
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertEqual(response.data['peer_user'], None)
+