diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/group.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/group.js
index 9dbd9c19b..e7220b817 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/group.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/group.js
@@ -105,18 +105,18 @@ RED.group = (function() {
                 cellHeight: 16,
                 cellMargin: 3,
                 none: true,
-                opacity: style['stroke-opacity'] || 1.0
+                opacity: style.hasOwnProperty('stroke-opacity')?style['stroke-opacity']:(defaultGroupStyle.hasOwnProperty('stroke-opacity')?defaultGroupStyle['stroke-opacity']:1.0)
             }).appendTo("#node-input-row-style-stroke");
             RED.colorPicker.create({
                 id:"node-input-style-fill",
-                value: style.fill || "none",
+                value: style.fill || defaultGroupStyle.fill ||"none",
                 palette: colorPalette,
                 cellPerRow: colorCount,
                 cellWidth: 16,
                 cellHeight: 16,
                 cellMargin: 3,
                 none: true,
-                opacity: style['fill-opacity'] || 1.0
+                opacity: style.hasOwnProperty('fill-opacity')?style['fill-opacity']:(defaultGroupStyle.hasOwnProperty('fill-opacity')?defaultGroupStyle['fill-opacity']:1.0)
             }).appendTo("#node-input-row-style-fill");
 
             createLayoutPicker({
@@ -162,12 +162,6 @@ RED.group = (function() {
                 delete this.style.color;
             }
 
-            if (this.style["stroke-opacity"] === "1") {
-                delete this.style["stroke-opacity"]
-            }
-            if (this.style["fill-opacity"] === "1") {
-                delete this.style["fill-opacity"]
-            }
             var node = this;
             ['stroke','fill','stroke-opacity','fill-opacity','color','label-position'].forEach(function(prop) {
                 if (node.style[prop] === defaultGroupStyle[prop]) {