diff --git a/agencies/views.py b/agencies/views.py
index 7af1740..bfa04df 100644
--- a/agencies/views.py
+++ b/agencies/views.py
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 
 # region Affiliation Views ====================================================================================================
 
+
 class Affiliations(APIView):
     permission_classes = [IsAuthenticated]
 
@@ -234,13 +235,12 @@ def post(self, req):
         )
 
 
-
-
 # endregion  =================================================================================================
 
 
 # region Agency Views ====================================================================================================
 
+
 class Agencies(APIView):
     permission_classes = [IsAuthenticated]
 
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ def post(self, req):
                 status=HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST,
             )
 
+
 class AgencyDetail(APIView):
     permission_classes = [IsAuthenticated]
 
@@ -320,6 +321,7 @@ def put(self, req, pk):
                 status=HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST,
             )
 
+
 # endregion  =================================================================================================
 
 
@@ -662,6 +664,12 @@ def put(self, req, pk):
 
         division_id = req.data.get("division")
         print("DIV ID: ", division_id)
+
+        # Pre-process the leader field to set to none if 0 received
+        leader = req.data.get("leader")
+        if leader == "0" or leader == 0:
+            leader = None
+
         ba_data = {
             key: value
             for key, value in {
@@ -673,9 +681,9 @@ def put(self, req, pk):
                 "introduction": req.data.get("introduction"),
                 "data_custodian": req.data.get("data_custodian"),
                 "finance_admin": req.data.get("finance_admin"),
-                "leader": req.data.get("leader"),
+                "leader": leader,
             }.items()
-            if value is not None
+            if value is not None or key == "leader"
             #   and (not isinstance(value, list) or value)
         }
 
@@ -904,6 +912,7 @@ def post(self, req, pk):
 
 # region Division Views ====================================================================================================
 
+
 class Divisions(APIView):
     def get(self, req):
         all = Division.objects.all()