diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9b6a6586f..6cd5434aa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 
 ## v15.0.1 - 2024-05-30
 
+## Feature Additions:
+
+- Manifest generation text is less prominent.
+
 ## Bug fixes:
 
 - Fixed an issue wherre uploads fail for fresh Pennsieve Agent installs.
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/scripts/guided-mode/guided-curate-dataset.js b/src/renderer/src/scripts/guided-mode/guided-curate-dataset.js
index caa8a0e45..6d84ea376 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/scripts/guided-mode/guided-curate-dataset.js
+++ b/src/renderer/src/scripts/guided-mode/guided-curate-dataset.js
@@ -5203,7 +5203,7 @@ window.openPage = async (targetPageID) => {
 
     if (targetPageID === "guided-name-subtitle-tab") {
       // Get the dataset name and subtitle from the JSON obj
-      const datasetName = getGuidedDatasetName();
+      const datasetName = getGuidedDatasetName() || "";
 
       // Set the zustand datasetName state value to the dataset name
       setGuidedDatasetName(datasetName);
@@ -12407,7 +12407,7 @@ $("#guided-submission-completion-date-manual").change(function () {
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 const getGuidedDatasetName = () => {
-  return window.sodaJSONObj["digital-metadata"]["name"];
+  return window.sodaJSONObj["digital-metadata"]["name"] || "";
 };
 
 const getGuidedDatasetSubtitle = () => {
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/stores/slices/dropDownSlice.js b/src/renderer/src/stores/slices/dropDownSlice.js
index 39621e741..80e15eb47 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/stores/slices/dropDownSlice.js
+++ b/src/renderer/src/stores/slices/dropDownSlice.js
@@ -15,11 +15,23 @@ export const dropDownSlice = (set) => ({
 export const setDropdownState = (id, selectedValue) => {
   useGlobalStore.setState(
     produce((state) => {
-      const dropDownOptions = useGlobalStore.getState().dropDownState[id].options;
+      // Get the options for the dropdown related to the id passed in
+      const dropDownOptions = useGlobalStore
+        .getState()
+        .dropDownState[id].options.filter((option) => option !== "");
+
+      // If the selected value is not in the dropdown options, set the value
+      // to an empty string and add an empty string to the dropdown options
       if (!dropDownOptions.includes(selectedValue)) {
-        return;
+        state.dropDownState[id].options = ["", ...dropDownOptions];
+        state.dropDownState[id].selectedValue = "";
+      } else {
+        // If the selected value is in the dropdown options, set the selected value
+        // to the selected value passed in and set the dropdown options to the
+        // dropdown options (To remove the empty string if it exists)
+        state.dropDownState[id].options = dropDownOptions;
+        state.dropDownState[id].selectedValue = selectedValue;
       }
-      state.dropDownState[id].selectedValue = selectedValue || "";
     })
   );
 };