diff --git a/eclipse-extensions/org.springframework.ide.eclipse.beans.ui.live/src/org/springframework/ide/eclipse/beans/ui/live/model/LiveBeansJsonParser.java b/eclipse-extensions/org.springframework.ide.eclipse.beans.ui.live/src/org/springframework/ide/eclipse/beans/ui/live/model/LiveBeansJsonParser.java
index 9e85179cf..04c630ea7 100644
--- a/eclipse-extensions/org.springframework.ide.eclipse.beans.ui.live/src/org/springframework/ide/eclipse/beans/ui/live/model/LiveBeansJsonParser.java
+++ b/eclipse-extensions/org.springframework.ide.eclipse.beans.ui.live/src/org/springframework/ide/eclipse/beans/ui/live/model/LiveBeansJsonParser.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public class LiveBeansJsonParser {
 		// construct LiveBeans
 		for (int i = 0; i < beansArray.length(); i++) {
 			JSONObject beanJson = beansArray.getJSONObject(i);
-			if (beanJson != null && beanJson.has(LiveBean.ATTR_BEAN)) {
+			if (beanJson != null && beanJson.has(LiveBean.ATTR_BEAN) && !beanJson.isNull(LiveBean.ATTR_BEAN)) {
 				LiveBean bean = parseBean(beanJson, context);
 				bean.addAttribute(LiveBeansContext.ATTR_CONTEXT, context.getLabel());
 				context.addElement(bean);
@@ -94,13 +94,13 @@ public class LiveBeansJsonParser {
 	
 	protected LiveBean parseBean(JSONObject beanJson, LiveBeansContext context) throws JSONException {
 		LiveBean bean = new LiveBean(typeLookup, beanJson.getString(LiveBean.ATTR_BEAN));
-		if (beanJson.has(LiveBean.ATTR_SCOPE)) {
+		if (beanJson.has(LiveBean.ATTR_SCOPE) && !beanJson.isNull(LiveBean.ATTR_SCOPE)) {
 			bean.addAttribute(LiveBean.ATTR_SCOPE, beanJson.getString(LiveBean.ATTR_SCOPE));
 		}
-		if (beanJson.has(LiveBean.ATTR_TYPE)) {
+		if (beanJson.has(LiveBean.ATTR_TYPE) && !beanJson.isNull(LiveBean.ATTR_TYPE)) {
 			bean.addAttribute(LiveBean.ATTR_TYPE, beanJson.getString(LiveBean.ATTR_TYPE));
 		}
-		if (beanJson.has(LiveBean.ATTR_RESOURCE)) {
+		if (beanJson.has(LiveBean.ATTR_RESOURCE) && !beanJson.isNull(LiveBean.ATTR_RESOURCE)) {
 			bean.addAttribute(LiveBean.ATTR_RESOURCE, beanJson.getString(LiveBean.ATTR_RESOURCE));
 		}
 		if (typeLookup != null && typeLookup.getApplicationName() != null) {
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ public class LiveBeansJsonParser {
 		// populate LiveBean dependencies
 		for (int i = 0; i < beansArray.length(); i++) {
 			JSONObject beanJson = beansArray.optJSONObject(i);
-			if (beanJson != null && beanJson.has(LiveBean.ATTR_BEAN)) {
+			if (beanJson != null && beanJson.has(LiveBean.ATTR_BEAN) && !beanJson.isNull(LiveBean.ATTR_BEAN)) {
 				LiveBean bean = beansMap.get(beanJson.getString(LiveBean.ATTR_BEAN));
 				JSONArray dependencies = beanJson.optJSONArray(LiveBean.ATTR_DEPENDENCIES);
 				if (dependencies != null) {