diff --git a/src/frontend/app/administration/doctype/doctypes-administration.component.ts b/src/frontend/app/administration/doctype/doctypes-administration.component.ts
index af2320c60b6c6547bdf0940231b9f0160964dc49..92629402da8955029f9e7fbba1a6971e371ea99e 100755
--- a/src/frontend/app/administration/doctype/doctypes-administration.component.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/app/administration/doctype/doctypes-administration.component.ts
@@ -462,7 +462,8 @@ export class DoctypesAdministrationComponent implements OnInit {
 
     toggleProcessDelay(value: boolean) {
         this.hideProcessDelay = !value;
-        this.currentType.process_delay = !this.hideProcessDelay ? -1 : this.currentTypeClone.process_delay;
+        const processDelay: number = this.currentTypeClone.process_delay !== -1 ? this.currentTypeClone.process_delay : 0;
+        this.currentType.process_delay = !this.hideProcessDelay ? -1 : processDelay;
     }
 }
 @Component({