diff --git a/headless-services/commons/commons-boot-app-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/commons/boot/app/cli/livebean/LiveBean.java b/headless-services/commons/commons-boot-app-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/commons/boot/app/cli/livebean/LiveBean.java
index 5c0b0722f..d006a8497 100644
--- a/headless-services/commons/commons-boot-app-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/commons/boot/app/cli/livebean/LiveBean.java
+++ b/headless-services/commons/commons-boot-app-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/commons/boot/app/cli/livebean/LiveBean.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public class LiveBean {
 		this.aliases = aliases;
 		this.scope = scope;
 		this.type = type;
-		this.resource = resource;
+		this.resource = "null".equals(resource) ? null : resource;
 		this.dependencies = dependencies;
 	}