diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/react/hooks.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/react/hooks.tsx
index 6eeac81e1..87779fa36 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/react/hooks.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/react/hooks.tsx
@@ -289,7 +289,9 @@ export function useNoteRelation(note: FNote | undefined | null, relationName: Re
  *
  * @param note the note whose label to read/write.
  * @param labelName the name of the label to read/write.
- * @returns an array where the first element is the getter and the second element is the setter. The setter has a special behaviour for convenience: if the value is undefined, the label is created without a value (e.g. a tag), if the value is null then the label is removed.
+ * @returns an array where the first element is the getter and the second element is the setter. The setter has a special behaviour for convenience:
+ * - if the value is undefined, the label is created without a value (e.g. a tag)
+ * - if the value is null then the label is removed.
  */
 export function useNoteLabel(note: FNote | undefined | null, labelName: FilterLabelsByType<string>): [string | null | undefined, (newValue: string | null | undefined) => void] {
     const [ , setLabelValue ] = useState<string | null | undefined>();
@@ -309,9 +311,9 @@ export function useNoteLabel(note: FNote | undefined | null, labelName: FilterLa
 
     const setter = useCallback((value: string | null | undefined) => {
         if (note) {
-            if (value || value === undefined) {
+            if (value !== null) {
                 attributes.setLabel(note.noteId, labelName, value)
-            } else if (value === null) {
+            } else {
                 attributes.removeOwnedLabelByName(note, labelName);
             }
         }