diff --git a/libsrc/meshing/meshclass.cpp b/libsrc/meshing/meshclass.cpp
index 7ffa7f09..6458c655 100644
--- a/libsrc/meshing/meshclass.cpp
+++ b/libsrc/meshing/meshclass.cpp
@@ -6937,7 +6937,7 @@ namespace netgen
 	  cd2names[i] = nullptr;
       }
     //if (cd2names[cd2nr]) delete cd2names[cd2nr];
-    if (abcname != "default")
+    if (abcname != "default" && abcname != "")
       cd2names[cd2nr] = new string(abcname);
     else
       cd2names[cd2nr] = nullptr;
diff --git a/libsrc/occ/occgenmesh.cpp b/libsrc/occ/occgenmesh.cpp
index f2b46bf4..b7246f47 100644
--- a/libsrc/occ/occgenmesh.cpp
+++ b/libsrc/occ/occgenmesh.cpp
@@ -599,8 +599,7 @@ namespace netgen
                   }
 
                 auto name = geom.enames.Size() ? geom.enames[geom.emap.FindIndex(edge)-1] : "";
-                if(name != "")
-                  mesh.SetCD2Name(geomedgenr, name);
+                mesh.SetCD2Name(geomedgenr, name);
                   
                 (*testout) << "NP = " << mesh.GetNP() << endl;
                 //(*testout) << pnums[pnums.Size()-1] << endl;