diff --git a/src/core/models.py b/src/core/models.py
index 6e196623..0a022506 100644
--- a/src/core/models.py
+++ b/src/core/models.py
@@ -261,11 +261,9 @@ def write_report(self, csvfile):
                 "message",
                 "entity_id",
                 "raw_input",
-                "api_response",
             ]
         )
         for cmd in self.commands():
-            called_api = bool(cmd.response_json)
             writer.writerow(
                 [
                     self.pk,
@@ -276,7 +274,6 @@ def write_report(self, csvfile):
                     cmd.message,
                     cmd.entity_id(),
                     cmd.raw.replace("\t", "|"), # tabs are weird in csv
-                    cmd.response_json if called_api else None,
                 ]
             )
 
diff --git a/src/web/templates/batches.html b/src/web/templates/batches.html
index ba4a4759..3c6eeb39 100644
--- a/src/web/templates/batches.html
+++ b/src/web/templates/batches.html
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ <h2> {% translate 'Last batches' %} {% if username is not None %} {% translate '
           </a>
         </td>
         {% endif %}
-        <td>{{ batch.name }}</td>
+        <td>{% if batch.name %}{{ batch.name }}{% else %}-{% endif %}</td>
         <td><span class="status status_{{ batch.get_status_display | lower }}">{{ batch.get_status_display | upper }}</td>
         <td>{{ batch.modified }}</td>
         <td>
diff --git a/src/web/tests/test_views.py b/src/web/tests/test_views.py
index 2969a750..f61e3edf 100644
--- a/src/web/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/src/web/tests/test_views.py
@@ -229,6 +229,19 @@ def test_create_v1_batch_logged_user(self, mocker):
         self.assertEqual(list(response.context["page"].object_list), [batch])
         self.assertTrue(batch.is_initial)
 
+    @requests_mock.Mocker()
+    def test_create_empty_name(self, mocker):
+        ApiMocker.is_autoconfirmed(mocker)
+        user, api_client = self.login_user_and_get_token("user")
+        response = self.client.post("/batch/new/", data={"type": "v1", "commands": "CREATE"})
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 302)
+        response = self.client.get(response.url)
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        response = self.client.post("/batch/new/preview/allow_start/")
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 302)
+        response = self.client.get(response.url)
+        self.assertTemplateUsed("batch.html")
+
     @requests_mock.Mocker()
     def test_create_csv_batch_logged_user(self, mocker):
         ApiMocker.is_autoconfirmed(mocker)
@@ -596,9 +609,8 @@ def test_batch_report(self, mocker):
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertEqual(response.headers["Content-Disposition"], f'attachment; filename="batch-{pk}-report.csv"')
         result = (
-            """b'batch_id,index,operation,status,error,message,entity_id,raw_input,api_response\\r\\n"""
-            """1,0,set_statement,Done,,,Q1234,Q1234|P2|Q1,{\\\'id\\\': \\\'Q1234$stuff\\\'}\\r\\n"""
-            """1,1,set_label,Done,,,Q11,"Q11|Len|""label""\","""
-            """"{\\\'id\\\': \\\'Q11\\\', \\\'labels\\\': {\\\'en\\\': \\\'label\\\'}}"\\r\\n\'"""
+            """b'batch_id,index,operation,status,error,message,entity_id,raw_input\\r\\n"""
+            """1,0,set_statement,Done,,,Q1234,Q1234|P2|Q1\\r\\n"""
+            """1,1,set_label,Done,,,Q11,"Q11|Len|""label""\"\\r\\n\'"""
         )
         self.assertEqual(result, str(response.content).strip())
diff --git a/src/web/views/new_batch.py b/src/web/views/new_batch.py
index 6c6c1e7f..e9f636fe 100644
--- a/src/web/views/new_batch.py
+++ b/src/web/views/new_batch.py
@@ -137,8 +137,6 @@ def new_batch(request):
                 raise ParserException("Command string cannot be empty")
 
             batch_name = batch_name.strip()
-            if not batch_name:
-                raise ParserException("Batch name cannot be empty")
 
             if batch_type == "v1":
                 parser = V1CommandParser()