diff --git a/companion/src/firmwares/edgetx/yaml_rawswitch.cpp b/companion/src/firmwares/edgetx/yaml_rawswitch.cpp
index c35bf04a7..21b78a197 100644
--- a/companion/src/firmwares/edgetx/yaml_rawswitch.cpp
+++ b/companion/src/firmwares/edgetx/yaml_rawswitch.cpp
@@ -149,7 +149,8 @@ RawSwitch YamlRawSwitchDecode(const std::string& sw_str)
     }
 
   } else {
-    // no match found
+    YAML::Node(sw_str) >> rhs.type;
+    rhs.index = 0;
   }
 
   if (neg) {