diff --git a/cypress/e2e/item-template.cy.ts b/cypress/e2e/item-template.cy.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5f5b21a16ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cypress/e2e/item-template.cy.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+const ADD_TEMPLATE_ITEM_PAGE = '/collections/'.concat(Cypress.env('DSPACE_TEST_COLLECTION')).concat('/itemtemplate');
+
+describe('Item Template', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    cy.visit(ADD_TEMPLATE_ITEM_PAGE);
+    cy.loginViaForm(Cypress.env('DSPACE_TEST_ADMIN_USER'), Cypress.env('DSPACE_TEST_ADMIN_PASSWORD'));
+  });
+
+  it('should load properly', () => {
+    cy.contains('.ds-header-row .lbl-cell', 'Field', { timeout: 10000 }).should('exist').should('be.visible');
+    cy.contains('.ds-header-row b', 'Value', { timeout: 10000 }).should('exist').should('be.visible');
+    cy.contains('.ds-header-row b', 'Lang', { timeout: 10000 }).should('exist').should('be.visible');
+    cy.contains('.ds-header-row b', 'Edit', { timeout: 10000 }).should('exist').should('be.visible');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/dso-shared/dso-edit-metadata/dso-edit-metadata.component.ts b/src/app/dso-shared/dso-edit-metadata/dso-edit-metadata.component.ts
index cded29230e2..7704abc4ea0 100644
--- a/src/app/dso-shared/dso-edit-metadata/dso-edit-metadata.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/dso-shared/dso-edit-metadata/dso-edit-metadata.component.ts
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ import {
 import {
   BehaviorSubject,
   combineLatest as observableCombineLatest,
-  EMPTY,
   Observable,
+  of,
   Subscription,
 } from 'rxjs';
 import {
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ export class DsoEditMetadataComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
       const lazyProvider$: Observable<UpdateDataService<DSpaceObject>> = lazyDataService(this.dataServiceMap, this.dsoType, this.parentInjector);
       return lazyProvider$;
     } else {
-      return EMPTY;
+      return of(this.updateDataService);
     }
   }