diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Rdbms/ConsentDto.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Rdbms/ConsentDto.cs
index 0b6481070a..dc5fe44be3 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Rdbms/ConsentDto.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Rdbms/ConsentDto.cs
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Models.Rdbms
         public int State { get; set; }
 
         [Column("comment")]
+        [NullSetting(NullSetting = NullSettings.Null)]
         public string Comment { get; set; }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Migrations/Upgrades/TargetVersionSevenTwelveZero/UpdateUmbracoConsent.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Migrations/Upgrades/TargetVersionSevenTwelveZero/UpdateUmbracoConsent.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..077cd01bbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Migrations/Upgrades/TargetVersionSevenTwelveZero/UpdateUmbracoConsent.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+using Umbraco.Core.Logging;
+using Umbraco.Core.Persistence.SqlSyntax;
+
+namespace Umbraco.Core.Persistence.Migrations.Upgrades.TargetVersionSevenTwelveZero
+{
+    [Migration("7.12.0", 1, Constants.System.UmbracoMigrationName)]
+    public class UpdateUmbracoConsent : MigrationBase
+    {
+        public UpdateUmbracoConsent(ISqlSyntaxProvider sqlSyntax, ILogger logger)
+            : base(sqlSyntax, logger)
+        {
+        }
+
+        public override void Up()
+        {
+            this.Alter.Table("umbracoConsent").AlterColumn("comment").AsString().Nullable();
+        }
+
+        public override void Down()
+        {
+            // We can't remove this in case we already have null values saved in the column
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
index 5d070be719..0f5461eb35 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
@@ -635,6 +635,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Media\Exif\TIFFStrip.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Media\Exif\Utility.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Persistence\Migrations\Upgrades\TargetVersionSevenThreeOne\UpdateUserLanguagesToIsoCode.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Persistence\Migrations\Upgrades\TargetVersionSevenTwelveZero\UpdateUmbracoConsent.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Persistence\PocoDataDataReader.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Persistence\Querying\CachedExpression.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Persistence\Querying\QueryExtensions.cs" />
@@ -1673,6 +1674,7 @@
       <LastGenOutput>Files.Designer.cs</LastGenOutput>
     </EmbeddedResource>
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup />
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
   <Import Project="..\packages\AutoMapper.3.3.1\tools\AutoMapper.targets" Condition="Exists('..\packages\AutoMapper.3.3.1\tools\AutoMapper.targets')" />
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it.
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Services/ConsentServiceTests.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Services/ConsentServiceTests.cs
index a39bb892d9..bc64171a74 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Services/ConsentServiceTests.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Services/ConsentServiceTests.cs
@@ -121,5 +121,20 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Services
             Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(() =>
                 consentService.RegisterConsent("user/1234", "app1", "do-something", ConsentState.Granted | ConsentState.Revoked, "no comment"));
         }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void CanRegisterConsentWithoutComment()
+        {
+            var consentService = ServiceContext.ConsentService;
+
+            // Attept to add consent without a comment
+            consentService.RegisterConsent("user/1234", "app1", "consentWithoutComment", ConsentState.Granted);
+
+            // Attempt to retrieve the consent we just added without a comment
+            var consents = consentService.LookupConsent(source: "user/1234", action: "consentWithoutComment").ToArray();
+
+            // Confirm we got our expected consent record
+            Assert.AreEqual(1, consents.Length);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/tree/umbtree.directive.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/tree/umbtree.directive.js
index cce4e0d792..d36836f440 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/tree/umbtree.directive.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/tree/umbtree.directive.js
@@ -140,37 +140,7 @@ function umbTreeDirective($compile, $log, $q, $rootScope, treeService, notificat
                             //Filter the path for root node ids (we don't want to pass in -1 or 'init')
 
                             args.path = _.filter(args.path, function (item) { return (item !== "init" && item !== "-1"); });
-
-                            //Once those are filtered we need to check if the current user has a special start node id,
-                            // if they do, then we're going to trim the start of the array for anything found from that start node
-                            // and previous so that the tree syncs properly. The tree syncs from the top down and if there are parts
-                            // of the tree's path in there that don't actually exist in the dom/model then syncing will not work.
-
-                            userService.getCurrentUser().then(function (userData) {
-
-                                var startNodes = [];
-                                for (var i = 0; i < userData.startContentIds; i++) {
-                                    startNodes.push(userData.startContentIds[i]);
-                                }
-                                for (var j = 0; j < userData.startMediaIds; j++) {
-                                    startNodes.push(userData.startMediaIds[j]);
-                                }
-
-                                _.each(startNodes, function (i) {
-                                    var found = _.find(args.path, function (p) {
-                                        return String(p) === String(i);
-                                    });
-                                    if (found) {
-                                        args.path = args.path.splice(_.indexOf(args.path, found));
-                                    }
-                                });
-
-
-                                loadPath(args.path, args.forceReload, args.activate);
-
-                            });
-
-
+                            loadPath(args.path, args.forceReload, args.activate);
 
                             return deferred.promise;
                         };