diff --git a/src/app/settings/components/project-role-edit-panel/project-role-edit-panel.tsx b/src/app/settings/components/project-role-edit-panel/project-role-edit-panel.tsx
index b786ff8dbbae7..b3d8e2548246b 100644
--- a/src/app/settings/components/project-role-edit-panel/project-role-edit-panel.tsx
+++ b/src/app/settings/components/project-role-edit-panel/project-role-edit-panel.tsx
@@ -34,12 +34,11 @@ export const ProjectRoleEditPanel = (props: ProjectRoleEditPanelProps) => {
                 getApi={props.getApi}
                 defaultValues={{
                     projName: props.defaultParams.projName,
-                    roleName: (props.defaultParams.role !== undefined ? props.defaultParams.role.name : ''),
-                    description: (props.defaultParams.role !== undefined ? props.defaultParams.role.description : ''),
-                    policies: (props.defaultParams.role !== undefined && props.defaultParams.role.policies !== null
-                        ? props.defaultParams.role.policies : []),
-                    jwtTokens: (props.defaultParams.role !== undefined ? props.defaultParams.role.jwtTokens : []),
-                    groups: (props.defaultParams.role !== undefined ? props.defaultParams.role.groups : []),
+                    roleName: (props.defaultParams.role && props.defaultParams.role.name || ''),
+                    description: (props.defaultParams.role && props.defaultParams.role.description || ''),
+                    policies: (props.defaultParams.role && props.defaultParams.role.policies || []),
+                    jwtTokens: (props.defaultParams.role && props.defaultParams.role.jwtTokens || []),
+                    groups: (props.defaultParams.role && props.defaultParams.role.groups || []),
                 }}
                 validateError={(params: ProjectRoleParams) => ({
                     projName: !params.projName && 'Project name is required',
diff --git a/src/app/settings/components/project-role-policies-edit/project-role-policies-edit.tsx b/src/app/settings/components/project-role-policies-edit/project-role-policies-edit.tsx
index 57dbf33e976d4..d648a2a2a5a8a 100644
--- a/src/app/settings/components/project-role-policies-edit/project-role-policies-edit.tsx
+++ b/src/app/settings/components/project-role-policies-edit/project-role-policies-edit.tsx
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ function generatePolicy(project: string, role: string, action?: string, object?:
 const actions = ['get', 'create', 'update', 'delete', 'sync'];
 
 export const ProjectRolePoliciesEdit = (props: ProjectRolePoliciesProps) => (
-    <DataLoader load={() => services.applications.list([props.projName])}>
+    <DataLoader load={() => services.applications.list([props.projName], { fields: ['items.metadata.name'] })}>
     {(applications) => (
         <React.Fragment>
             <h4>Policy Rules</h4>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/services/applications-service.ts b/src/app/shared/services/applications-service.ts
index c56ff0ddb24a4..423050fcf5af0 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/services/applications-service.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/services/applications-service.ts
@@ -168,11 +168,15 @@ export class ApplicationsService {
 
     private parseAppFields(data: any): models.Application {
         const app = data as models.Application;
-        app.spec.project = app.spec.project || 'default';
-        delete app.spec.source.componentParameterOverrides;
         app.kind = app.kind || 'Application';
-        app.status.resources = app.status.resources || [];
-        app.status.summary = app.status.summary || {};
+        if (app.spec) {
+            app.spec.project = app.spec.project || 'default';
+            delete app.spec.source.componentParameterOverrides;
+        }
+        if (app.status) {
+            app.status.resources = app.status.resources || [];
+            app.status.summary = app.status.summary || {};
+        }
         return app;
     }
 }