diff --git a/src/dve/core_engine/backends/base/reader.py b/src/dve/core_engine/backends/base/reader.py
index eeeca7f..97cc710 100644
--- a/src/dve/core_engine/backends/base/reader.py
+++ b/src/dve/core_engine/backends/base/reader.py
@@ -165,9 +165,10 @@ def read_to_entity_type(
                             entity=entity_name,
                             record=None,
                             failure_type="submission",
-                            error_location=entity_name,
                             error_code=config.error_code,
                             error_message=config.error_message,
+                            error_type="submission",
+                            category="Empty entity",
                         )
                     ],
                 )
diff --git a/src/dve/pipeline/pipeline.py b/src/dve/pipeline/pipeline.py
index 53185a0..66f5f85 100644
--- a/src/dve/pipeline/pipeline.py
+++ b/src/dve/pipeline/pipeline.py
@@ -930,6 +930,7 @@ def _get_error_dataframes(self, submission_id: str, include_record_rejections: b
                     pl.col(column).cast(ERROR_SCHEMA[column])  # type: ignore
                     for column in df.columns
                 )
+                df = df.with_columns(pl.col("Data_Item").fill_null(""))
                 df = df.sort("Type", descending=False)  # type: ignore
                 errors_dfs.append(df)