diff --git a/cypress/e2e/style-selection.cy.ts b/cypress/e2e/style-selection.cy.ts
index d507818d..361a4462 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/style-selection.cy.ts
+++ b/cypress/e2e/style-selection.cy.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ describe('Style selector', () => {
   })
 
   it('has no style value in localStorage', () => {
-    expect(localStorage.getItem('basemap_2015_global') || '').to.eq('')
+    expect(localStorage.getItem('basemap_2015_global')).to.be.null
   })
 
   describe('Style panel', () => {
diff --git a/src/services/state-persistor/state-persistor-bgstyle.service.ts b/src/services/state-persistor/state-persistor-bgstyle.service.ts
index 0f67546c..e7fe36ed 100644
--- a/src/services/state-persistor/state-persistor-bgstyle.service.ts
+++ b/src/services/state-persistor/state-persistor-bgstyle.service.ts
@@ -40,11 +40,15 @@ class StatePersistorStyleService {
               mapStore.bgLayer &&
               styleStore.bgVectorSources.has(mapStore.bgLayer.id)
             ) {
-              storageHelper.setValue(
-                mapStore.bgLayer.name,
-                value || [],
-                storageStyleMapper.styleToLocalStorage
-              )
+              if (value && value.length) {
+                storageHelper.setValue(
+                  mapStore.bgLayer.name,
+                  value || [],
+                  storageStyleMapper.styleToLocalStorage
+                )
+              } else {
+                storageHelper.removeItem(mapStore.bgLayer.name)
+              }
               storageHelper.setValue(
                 SP_KEY_SERIAL,
                 value || [],