diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 15cdaf765..099d2a90a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## [4.1.5] - 2022-07-05
+
+### Fixed
+- Saving of groups with empty group shapes
+
 ## [4.1.4] - 2022-06-20
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/api/models/Group.js b/api/models/Group.js
index d4066bb06..430bbe879 100644
--- a/api/models/Group.js
+++ b/api/models/Group.js
@@ -30,18 +30,6 @@ module.exports = bookshelf.Model.extend(merge({
   requireFetch: false,
   hasTimestamps: true,
 
-  format(attributes) {
-    const st = knexPostgis(bookshelf.knex)
-
-    // Make sure geometry column goes into the database correctly, converting from GeoJSON
-    const { geo_shape } = attributes
-    if (geo_shape) {
-      attributes.geo_shape = st.geomFromGeoJSON(geo_shape)
-    }
-
-    return attributes
-  },
-
   parse(response) {
     const st = knexPostgis(bookshelf.knex)
 
@@ -393,6 +381,14 @@ module.exports = bookshelf.Model.extend(merge({
 
     saneAttrs.location_id = isEmpty(saneAttrs.location_id) ? null : saneAttrs.location_id
 
+    // Make sure geometry column goes into the database correctly, converting from GeoJSON
+    if (!isEmpty(attributes.geo_shape)) {
+      const st = knexPostgis(bookshelf.knex)
+      saneAttrs.geo_shape = st.geomFromGeoJSON(attributes.geo_shape)
+    } else {
+      saneAttrs.geo_shape = null
+    }
+
     // If a new location is being passed in but not a new location_id then we geocode on the server
     if (changes.location && changes.location !== this.get('location') && !changes.location_id) {
       await Queue.classMethod('Group', 'geocodeLocation', { groupId: this.id })
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9b50b8234..5f3df1c84 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "author": "Tibet Sprague <tibet@hylo.com>",
   "license": "GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE v3",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "4.1.4",
+  "version": "4.1.5",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git://github.com/Hylozoic/hylo-node.git"