diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/NodesController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/NodesController.php
index c1aa6a0c2..f90cab991 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/NodesController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/NodesController.php
@@ -126,8 +126,7 @@ class NodesController extends Controller
                 'fqdn', 'scheme', 'memory',
                 'memory_overallocate', 'disk',
                 'disk_overallocate', 'upload_size',
-                'daemonBase', 'daemonSFTP',
-                'daemonListen', 'reset_secret',
+                'daemonSFTP', 'daemonListen', 'reset_secret',
             ]));
             Alert::success('Successfully update this node\'s information. If you changed any daemon settings you will need to restart it now.')->flash();
 
diff --git a/app/Repositories/NodeRepository.php b/app/Repositories/NodeRepository.php
index c0d85adf5..56dbd37c2 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/NodeRepository.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/NodeRepository.php
@@ -100,10 +100,10 @@ class NodeRepository
             'disk' => 'numeric|min:1',
             'disk_overallocate' => 'numeric|min:-1',
             'upload_size' => 'numeric|min:0',
-            'daemonBase' => 'regex:/^([\/][\d\w.\-\/]+)$/',
+            'daemonBase' => 'sometimes|regex:/^([\/][\d\w.\-\/]+)$/',
             'daemonSFTP' => 'numeric|between:1,65535',
             'daemonListen' => 'numeric|between:1,65535',
-            'reset_secret' => 'sometimes|accepted',
+            'reset_secret' => 'sometimes|nullable|accepted',
         ]);
 
         // Run validator, throw catchable and displayable exception if it fails.
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class NodeRepository
         }
 
         // Set the Secret
-        if (isset($data['reset_secret'])) {
+        if (isset($data['reset_secret']) && ! is_null($data['reset_secret'])) {
             $uuid = new UuidService;
             $data['daemonSecret'] = (string) $uuid->generate('nodes', 'daemonSecret');
             unset($data['reset_secret']);