diff --git a/MyWebsite/MyWebsite/Areas/Admin/Views/Projects/Delete.cshtml b/MyWebsite/MyWebsite/Areas/Admin/Views/Projects/Delete.cshtml
index 2017c33..bff0f83 100644
--- a/MyWebsite/MyWebsite/Areas/Admin/Views/Projects/Delete.cshtml
+++ b/MyWebsite/MyWebsite/Areas/Admin/Views/Projects/Delete.cshtml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 	<p>
 		<b>@Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.Badges):</b> @Model.Badges<br />
 		<div class="badge-placeholder">
-			@foreach (string b in Model.Badges.Split(','))
+			@foreach (string b in (Model.Badges ?? "").Split(','))
 			{
 				BadgeModel badge = (ViewData["Badges"] as List<BadgeModel>).FirstOrDefault(i => i.Name == b);
 				<div style="background-image: url('/images/Badges/@(badge?.Image).png')" title="@(badge?.Description)"></div>
diff --git a/MyWebsite/MyWebsite/Areas/Admin/Views/Projects/Edit.cshtml b/MyWebsite/MyWebsite/Areas/Admin/Views/Projects/Edit.cshtml
index f37539c..5b9aec5 100644
--- a/MyWebsite/MyWebsite/Areas/Admin/Views/Projects/Edit.cshtml
+++ b/MyWebsite/MyWebsite/Areas/Admin/Views/Projects/Edit.cshtml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 			<div class="badge-list">
 				@foreach (BadgeModel badge in ViewData["Badges"] as List<BadgeModel>)
 				{
-					<input type="checkbox" id="@badge.Name" checked="@(Model.Badges.Split(',').Contains(badge.Name))"/>
+					<input type="checkbox" id="@badge.Name" checked="@(Model.Badges?.Split(',').Contains(badge.Name) ?? false)"/>
 					<div class="badge" style="background-image: url('/images/Badges/@(badge?.Image).png')" title="@(badge?.Description)"></div>
 					<span>@badge.Description</span><br />
 				}
diff --git a/MyWebsite/MyWebsite/Areas/Admin/Views/Projects/Index.cshtml b/MyWebsite/MyWebsite/Areas/Admin/Views/Projects/Index.cshtml
index 7d13263..5128545 100644
--- a/MyWebsite/MyWebsite/Areas/Admin/Views/Projects/Index.cshtml
+++ b/MyWebsite/MyWebsite/Areas/Admin/Views/Projects/Index.cshtml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 					<td class="hide-l2"><a target="_blank" href="@item.Link">@item.Link</a></td>
 					<td class="hide-l2">
 						<div class="badge-placeholder">
-							@foreach (string b in item.Badges.Split(','))
+							@foreach (string b in (item.Badges ?? "").Split(','))
 							{
 								BadgeModel badge = Model.badges.FirstOrDefault(i => i.Name == b);
 								<div style="background-image: url('../images/Badges/@(badge?.Image).png')" title="@(badge?.Description)"></div>
diff --git a/MyWebsite/MyWebsite/Views/Shared/Projects.cshtml b/MyWebsite/MyWebsite/Views/Shared/Projects.cshtml
index d477ff4..9b6b9cc 100644
--- a/MyWebsite/MyWebsite/Views/Shared/Projects.cshtml
+++ b/MyWebsite/MyWebsite/Views/Shared/Projects.cshtml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 					<a href="@(project.Link)" target="_blank">@project.LinkCaption</a>
 				</div>
 				<div class="badge-placeholder">
-					@foreach (string b in project.Badges.Split(','))
+					@foreach (string b in (project.Badges ?? "").Split(','))
 					{
 						BadgeModel badge = Model.Badges.FirstOrDefault(i => i.Name == b);
 						<div style="background-image: url('../images/Badges/@(badge?.Image).png')" title="@(badge?.Description)"></div>