diff --git a/src/DynamoCoreWpf/ViewModels/Core/WorkspaceViewModel.cs b/src/DynamoCoreWpf/ViewModels/Core/WorkspaceViewModel.cs
index 3f9aac2cb9a..c7df3151789 100644
--- a/src/DynamoCoreWpf/ViewModels/Core/WorkspaceViewModel.cs
+++ b/src/DynamoCoreWpf/ViewModels/Core/WorkspaceViewModel.cs
@@ -220,10 +220,7 @@ public DynamoPreferencesData DynamoPreferences
         /// of Graph.Json.
         /// </summary>
         [JsonProperty("Camera")]
-        public CameraData Camera
-        {
-            get { return DynamoViewModel.BackgroundPreviewViewModel.GetCameraInformation(); }
-        }
+        public CameraData Camera => DynamoViewModel.BackgroundPreviewViewModel.GetCameraInformation() ?? new CameraData();
 
         /// <summary>
         /// ViewModel that is used in InCanvasSearch in context menu and called by Shift+DoubleClick.
diff --git a/src/DynamoCoreWpf/ViewModels/Watch3D/HelixWatch3DViewModel.cs b/src/DynamoCoreWpf/ViewModels/Watch3D/HelixWatch3DViewModel.cs
index e3fa862c1bd..2bc5dd8978b 100644
--- a/src/DynamoCoreWpf/ViewModels/Watch3D/HelixWatch3DViewModel.cs
+++ b/src/DynamoCoreWpf/ViewModels/Watch3D/HelixWatch3DViewModel.cs
@@ -95,6 +95,25 @@ public CameraData()
             UpY = defaultCameraUpDirection.Y;
             UpZ = defaultCameraUpDirection.Z;
         }
+        
+        public override bool Equals(object obj)
+        {
+            var other = obj as CameraData;
+            return obj is CameraData && this.Name == other.Name
+                   && Math.Abs(this.EyeX - other.EyeX) < 0.0001
+                   && Math.Abs(this.EyeY - other.EyeY) < 0.0001
+                   && Math.Abs(this.EyeZ - other.EyeZ) < 0.0001
+                   && Math.Abs(this.LookX - other.LookX) < 0.0001
+                   && Math.Abs(this.LookY - other.LookY) < 0.0001
+                   && Math.Abs(this.LookZ - other.LookZ) < 0.0001
+                   && Math.Abs(this.UpX - other.UpX) < 0.0001
+                   && Math.Abs(this.UpY - other.UpY) < 0.0001
+                   && Math.Abs(this.UpZ - other.UpZ) < 0.0001
+                   && Math.Abs(this.NearPlaneDistance - other.NearPlaneDistance) < 0.0001
+                   && Math.Abs(this.FarPlaneDistance - other.FarPlaneDistance) < 0.0001;
+        }
+
+
     }
 
     /// <summary>
diff --git a/test/DynamoCoreWpfTests/SerializationTests.cs b/test/DynamoCoreWpfTests/SerializationTests.cs
index 41bccd28010..c3a82e6597b 100644
--- a/test/DynamoCoreWpfTests/SerializationTests.cs
+++ b/test/DynamoCoreWpfTests/SerializationTests.cs
@@ -414,9 +414,9 @@ public void JSONisSameBeforeAndAfterSaveWithDummyNodes()
             var jsonText1 = File.ReadAllText(openPath);
             var jobject1 = JObject.Parse(jsonText1);
 
-            // We need to replace the camera with null so it will match the null camera produced by the 
+            // We need to replace the camera with default camera so it will match the deafult camera produced by the 
             // save without a real view below.
-            jobject1["View"]["Camera"] = null;
+            jobject1["View"]["Camera"] = JToken.FromObject(new CameraData());
             jsonText1 = jobject1.ToString();
             jobject1 = JObject.Parse(jsonText1);