diff --git a/mediarepo-api/Cargo.toml b/mediarepo-api/Cargo.toml
index 3a7cb92..96e1387 100644
--- a/mediarepo-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/mediarepo-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "mediarepo-api"
-version = "0.15.0"
+version = "0.16.0"
 edition = "2018"
 license = "gpl-3"
 
diff --git a/mediarepo-api/src/tauri_plugin/commands/repo.rs b/mediarepo-api/src/tauri_plugin/commands/repo.rs
index 742a639..32d3b3f 100644
--- a/mediarepo-api/src/tauri_plugin/commands/repo.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-api/src/tauri_plugin/commands/repo.rs
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ pub async fn select_repository(
 }
 
 #[tauri::command]
-pub async fn get_frontend_state(api_state: ApiAccess<'_>) -> PluginResult<String> {
+pub async fn get_frontend_state(api_state: ApiAccess<'_>) -> PluginResult<Option<String>> {
     let api = api_state.api().await?;
     let state = api.repo.get_frontend_state().await?;
 
@@ -195,7 +195,9 @@ pub async fn get_frontend_state(api_state: ApiAccess<'_>) -> PluginResult<String
 #[tauri::command]
 pub async fn set_frontend_state(api_state: ApiAccess<'_>, state: String) -> PluginResult<()> {
     let api = api_state.api().await?;
-    api.repo.set_frontend_state(FrontendState { state }).await?;
+    api.repo
+        .set_frontend_state(FrontendState { state: Some(state) })
+        .await?;
 
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/mediarepo-api/src/types/repo.rs b/mediarepo-api/src/types/repo.rs
index cba1d48..9a7139f 100644
--- a/mediarepo-api/src/types/repo.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-api/src/types/repo.rs
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct FrontendState {
-    pub state: String,
+    pub state: Option<String>,
 }