diff --git a/app/controllers/categories_controller.rb b/app/controllers/categories_controller.rb
index 20c6d6b23f2..d143ff8e6d9 100644
--- a/app/controllers/categories_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/categories_controller.rb
@@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ class CategoriesController < ApplicationController
       category_params.delete(:custom_fields)
 
       # properly null the value so the database constraint doesn't catch us
-      category_params[:email_in] = nil if category_params[:email_in]&.blank?
-      category_params[:minimum_required_tags] = 0 if category_params[:minimum_required_tags]&.blank?
+      category_params[:email_in] = nil if category_params[:email_in].blank?
+      category_params[:minimum_required_tags] = 0 if category_params[:minimum_required_tags].blank?
 
       old_permissions = cat.permissions_params
       old_permissions = { "everyone" => 1 } if old_permissions.empty?
diff --git a/app/models/concerns/positionable.rb b/app/models/concerns/positionable.rb
index 6ee93cdf4c9..66b854f97be 100644
--- a/app/models/concerns/positionable.rb
+++ b/app/models/concerns/positionable.rb
@@ -33,5 +33,7 @@ module Positionable
     WHERE id = :id",
             id: id,
             position: position
+
+    self.position = position
   end
 end