diff --git a/BlueMapCommon/webapp/src/js/map/TextureAnimation.js b/BlueMapCommon/webapp/src/js/map/TextureAnimation.js
index 540f5abe..5f742465 100644
--- a/BlueMapCommon/webapp/src/js/map/TextureAnimation.js
+++ b/BlueMapCommon/webapp/src/js/map/TextureAnimation.js
@@ -44,8 +44,10 @@ export class TextureAnimation {
         this.frameImages = height / width;
         this.uniforms.animationFrameHeight.value = 1 / this.frameImages;
         this.frames = this.frameImages;
-        if (this.data.frames) {
+        if (this.data.frames && this.data.frames.length > 0) {
             this.frames = this.data.frames.length;
+        } else {
+            this.data.frames = null;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/BlueMapCore/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/core/resources/resourcepack/texture/AnimationMeta.java b/BlueMapCore/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/core/resources/resourcepack/texture/AnimationMeta.java
index 0042e8fd..3aec544e 100644
--- a/BlueMapCore/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/core/resources/resourcepack/texture/AnimationMeta.java
+++ b/BlueMapCore/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/core/resources/resourcepack/texture/AnimationMeta.java
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public AnimationMeta read(JsonReader in, Gson gson) throws IOException {
         }
 
         private void readFramesList(JsonReader in, AnimationMeta animationMeta) throws IOException {
-            animationMeta.frames = new ArrayList<>();
+            List<FrameMeta> frames = new ArrayList<>();
 
             in.beginArray();
             while (in.hasNext()) {
@@ -122,9 +122,12 @@ private void readFramesList(JsonReader in, AnimationMeta animationMeta) throws I
                     in.endObject();
                 }
 
-                animationMeta.frames.add(new FrameMeta(index, time));
+                frames.add(new FrameMeta(index, time));
             }
             in.endArray();
+
+            if (!frames.isEmpty())
+                animationMeta.frames = frames;
         }
 
         @Override