diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Packaging/PackageDefinition.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Packaging/PackageDefinition.cs
index 67d0c2970f..01d10fa2e1 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Packaging/PackageDefinition.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Packaging/PackageDefinition.cs
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Models.Packaging
         public string LoadControl { get; set; } = string.Empty;
 
         [DataMember(Name = "actions")]
-        public string Actions { get; set; }
+        public string Actions { get; set; } = "<actions></actions>";
 
         [DataMember(Name = "dataTypes")]
         public IList<string> DataTypes { get; set; } = new List<string>();
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Packaging/PackageBuilder.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Packaging/PackageBuilder.cs
index 6b26b09cbe..ae5accf794 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Packaging/PackageBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Packaging/PackageBuilder.cs
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Packaging
                 Author = xml.Element("author")?.Value ?? string.Empty,
                 AuthorUrl = xml.Element("author")?.AttributeValue<string>("url") ?? string.Empty,
                 Readme = xml.Element("readme")?.Value ?? string.Empty,
-                Actions = xml.Element("actions")?.ToString(SaveOptions.None) ?? string.Empty, //take the entire outer xml value
+                Actions = xml.Element("actions")?.ToString(SaveOptions.None) ?? "<actions></actions>", //take the entire outer xml value
                 ContentNodeId = xml.Element("content")?.AttributeValue<string>("nodeId") ?? string.Empty,
                 ContentLoadChildNodes = xml.Element("content")?.AttributeValue<bool>("loadChildNodes") ?? false,
                 Macros = xml.Element("macros")?.Value.Split(new[] {','}, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries).ToList() ?? new List<string>(),
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/packages/edit.controller.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/packages/edit.controller.js
index f351456609..057f1160c2 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/packages/edit.controller.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/packages/edit.controller.js
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
 
                     if (create) {
                         //if we are creating, then redirect to the correct url and reload
-                        $location.path("packages/packages/overview/" + vm.package.id).search("subview", "created");
+                        $location.path("packages/packages/edit/" + vm.package.id).search("subview", "created").search("create", null);
                         //don't add a browser history for this
                         $location.replace();
                     }