diff --git a/src/app/features/deposit/stores/data-file/deposit-data-file.state.ts b/src/app/features/deposit/stores/data-file/deposit-data-file.state.ts
index e397a22e34bf2bdb26287e904d815fae86d89b97..8c86d48cf1ab390309759764653c8e97349445ba 100644
--- a/src/app/features/deposit/stores/data-file/deposit-data-file.state.ts
+++ b/src/app/features/deposit/stores/data-file/deposit-data-file.state.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import {
   CompositionState,
   CompositionStateModel,
   defaultCompositionStateInitValue,
+  defaultResourceStateInitValue,
   isNullOrUndefined,
   MappingObjectUtil,
   NotificationService,
@@ -59,6 +60,9 @@ export const defaultDepositDataFileValue: () => DepositDataFileStateModel = () =
   ({
     ...defaultCompositionStateInitValue(),
     deposit_dataFile_statusHistory: defaultStatusHistoryInitValue(),
+    deposit_dataFile_metadataType: {
+      ...defaultResourceStateInitValue(),
+    },
     currentFolder: "" + DepositDataFileHelper.ROOT,
     folders: [],
     foldersWithIntermediateFolders: [],