From ba19d819815ce22f823e54bf020bd8a1cd38ece3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: amontenegro <a.montenegro@orcid.org>
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2023 10:59:33 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Return null observer

---
 .../components/work-form/work-form/work-form.component.ts     | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/app/record/components/work-form/work-form/work-form.component.ts b/src/app/record/components/work-form/work-form/work-form.component.ts
index 05bb607bfb..1b5ee1ba3b 100644
--- a/src/app/record/components/work-form/work-form/work-form.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/record/components/work-form/work-form/work-form.component.ts
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ export class WorkFormComponent implements OnInit {
         if (!(control.value?.length === 10 || control.value?.length === 13)) {
           return of({ validFormat: true })
         } else {
-          return of({})
+          return of(null)
         }
       } else {
         return this._workService
@@ -517,9 +517,7 @@ export class WorkFormComponent implements OnInit {
   saveEvent() {
     this.workForm.markAllAsTouched()
     const formErrors = GetFormErrors(this.workForm)
-
     const allowInvalidForm = this.formHasOnlyAllowError(formErrors)
-
     if (this.workForm.valid || allowInvalidForm) {
       const work: Work = {
         visibility: {