diff --git a/data/interfaces/default/notifier_config.html b/data/interfaces/default/notifier_config.html
index 16c406bc..a70fc5d4 100644
--- a/data/interfaces/default/notifier_config.html
+++ b/data/interfaces/default/notifier_config.html
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
 
                             <div class="form-group">
                                 <label for="custom_conditions_logic">Condition Logic</label>
-                                <input type="text" class="form-control" name="custom_conditions_logic" id="custom_conditions_logic" value="${notifier['custom_conditions_logic']}" required />
+                                <input type="text" class="form-control" name="custom_conditions_logic" id="custom_conditions_logic" value="${notifier['custom_conditions_logic']}" />
                                 <div id="custom_conditions_logic_error" class="alert alert-danger" role="alert" style="padding-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 0; display: none;"><i class="fa fa-exclamation-triangle" style="color: #a94442;"></i> <span></span></div>
                                 <p class="help-block">
                                     Optional: Enter custom logic to use when evaluating the conditions (e.g. <span class="inline-pre">{1} and ({2} or {3})</span>).
@@ -333,11 +333,11 @@
     $('#notifier-config-modal').unbind('hidden.bs.modal');
 
     // Need this for setting conditions since conditions contain the character "
-    $('#custom_conditions').val(${json.dumps(notifier["custom_conditions"]) | n});
+    $('#custom_conditions').val(JSON.stringify(${json.dumps(notifier["custom_conditions"]) | n}));
 
     $('#condition-widget').filterer({
-        parameters: ${parameters | n},
-        conditions: ${notifier["custom_conditions"] | n},
+        parameters: ${json.dumps(parameters) | n},
+        conditions: ${json.dumps(notifier["custom_conditions"]) | n},
         updateConditions: function(newConditions){
             $('#custom_conditions').val(JSON.stringify(newConditions));
         }
diff --git a/plexpy/notification_handler.py b/plexpy/notification_handler.py
index e3ead880..1bad1cd2 100644
--- a/plexpy/notification_handler.py
+++ b/plexpy/notification_handler.py
@@ -208,13 +208,7 @@ def notify_custom_conditions(notifier_id=None, parameters=None):
     notifier_config = notifiers.get_notifier_config(notifier_id=notifier_id)
 
     custom_conditions_logic = notifier_config['custom_conditions_logic']
-    try:
-        custom_conditions = json.loads(notifier_config['custom_conditions']) or []
-    except ValueError as e:
-        logger.error(u"Tautulli NotificationHandler :: Unable to parse custom condition: %s." % e)
-        logger.debug(u"Tautulli NotificationHandler :: Custom conditions json: %s "
-                     % notifier_config['custom_conditions'])
-        custom_conditions = []
+    custom_conditions = notifier_config['custom_conditions']
 
     if custom_conditions_logic or any(c for c in custom_conditions if c['value']):
         logger.debug(u"Tautulli NotificationHandler :: Checking custom notification conditions for notifier_id %s."
diff --git a/plexpy/notifiers.py b/plexpy/notifiers.py
index 49141554..56aba5f4 100644
--- a/plexpy/notifiers.py
+++ b/plexpy/notifiers.py
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ AGENT_IDS = {'growl': 0,
              'zapier': 24
              }
 
+DEFAULT_CUSTOM_CONDITIONS = [{'parameter': '', 'operator': '', 'value': ''}]
+
 
 def available_notification_agents():
     agents = [{'label': 'Tautulli Remote Android App',
@@ -446,7 +448,6 @@ def get_notifier_config(notifier_id=None):
     db = database.MonitorDatabase()
     result = db.select_single('SELECT * FROM notifiers WHERE id = ?',
                                       args=[notifier_id])
-
     if not result:
         return None
 
@@ -468,6 +469,14 @@ def get_notifier_config(notifier_id=None):
             notifier_text[k] = {'subject': result.pop(k + '_subject'),
                                 'body': result.pop(k + '_body')}
 
+    try:
+        result['custom_conditions'] = json.loads(result['custom_conditions'])
+    except (ValueError, TypeError):
+        result['custom_conditions'] = DEFAULT_CUSTOM_CONDITIONS
+
+    if not result['custom_conditions_logic']:
+        result['custom_conditions_logic'] = ''
+
     result['config'] = config
     result['config_options'] = notifier_config
     result['actions'] = notifier_actions
@@ -494,7 +503,9 @@ def add_notifier_config(agent_id=None, **kwargs):
               'agent_name': agent['name'],
               'agent_label': agent['label'],
               'friendly_name': '',
-              'notifier_config': json.dumps(get_agent_class(agent_id=agent['id']).config)
+              'notifier_config': json.dumps(get_agent_class(agent_id=agent['id']).config),
+              'custom_conditions': json.dumps(DEFAULT_CUSTOM_CONDITIONS),
+              'custom_conditions_logic': ''
               }
     if agent['name'] == 'scripts':
         for a in available_notification_actions():
@@ -549,7 +560,7 @@ def set_notifier_config(notifier_id=None, agent_id=None, **kwargs):
               'agent_label': agent['label'],
               'friendly_name': kwargs.get('friendly_name', ''),
               'notifier_config': json.dumps(notifier_config),
-              'custom_conditions': kwargs.get('custom_conditions', ''),
+              'custom_conditions': kwargs.get('custom_conditions', json.dumps(DEFAULT_CUSTOM_CONDITIONS)),
               'custom_conditions_logic': kwargs.get('custom_conditions_logic', ''),
               }
     values.update(actions)
diff --git a/plexpy/webserve.py b/plexpy/webserve.py
index b45c2ce4..3229ddb7 100644
--- a/plexpy/webserve.py
+++ b/plexpy/webserve.py
@@ -3004,18 +3004,12 @@ class WebInterface(object):
     def get_notifier_config_modal(self, notifier_id=None, **kwargs):
         result = notifiers.get_notifier_config(notifier_id=notifier_id)
 
-        if not result['custom_conditions']:
-            result['custom_conditions'] = json.dumps([{'parameter': '', 'operator': '', 'value': ''}])
-
-        if not result['custom_conditions_logic']:
-            result['custom_conditions_logic'] = ''
-
         parameters = [
                 {'name': param['name'], 'type': param['type'], 'value': param['value']}
                 for category in common.NOTIFICATION_PARAMETERS for param in category['parameters']
             ]
 
-        return serve_template(templatename="notifier_config.html", notifier=result, parameters=json.dumps(parameters))
+        return serve_template(templatename="notifier_config.html", notifier=result, parameters=parameters)
 
     @cherrypy.expose
     @cherrypy.tools.json_out()