diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/umbdataformatter.service.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/umbdataformatter.service.js
index 904d677ac6..f3957de2e0 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/umbdataformatter.service.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/umbdataformatter.service.js
@@ -263,6 +263,9 @@
                     saveModel[props[m]] = startId.id;
                 }
 
+                // make sure the allowed languages are just an array of id's
+                saveModel.allowedLanguages = saveModel.allowedLanguages && saveModel.allowedLanguages.length > 0 ? saveModel.allowedLanguages.map(language => language.id) : [];
+
                 saveModel.parentId = -1;
                 return saveModel;
             },