diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Sample/PageController.php b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Sample/PageController.php
index 1409a054d..1b0ff1491 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Sample/PageController.php
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Sample/PageController.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class PageController extends ControllerBase
                 $node_found = $mdlSample->setNodeByReference(implode(".", $refparts), $value);
                 // new node in the post which is not on disc, create a new child node
                 // we need to create new nodes in memory for Array types
-                if ($node_found == null && strpos($key, 'childnodes_section_') !== false) {
+                if ($node_found == false && strpos($key, 'childnodes_section_') !== false) {
                     // because all the array items are numbered in order, we know that any item not found
                     // must be a new one.
                     $mdlSample->childnodes->section->add();
@@ -140,17 +140,12 @@ class PageController extends ControllerBase
                 $cnf = Config::getInstance();
                 $cnf->save();
             }
-
-            // redirect to index
-            $this->dispatcher->forward(array(
-                "action" => "index"
-            ));
-
-        } else {
-            // Forward flow to the index action
-            $this->dispatcher->forward(array(
-                "action" => "index"
-            ));
         }
+
+        // redirect to index
+        $this->dispatcher->forward(array(
+            "action" => "index"
+        ));
+
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Base/BaseModel.php b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Base/BaseModel.php
index 2056cb364..173c1b832 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Base/BaseModel.php
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Base/BaseModel.php
@@ -192,7 +192,8 @@ abstract class BaseModel
         // We've loaded the model template, now let's parse it into this object
         $this->parseXml($model_xml->items, $config_array, $this->internalData) ;
 
-        //print_r($this->internalData);
+        // trigger post loading event
+        $this->internalData->eventPostLoading();
 
         // call Model initializer
         $this->init();
diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Base/FieldTypes/ArrayField.php b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Base/FieldTypes/ArrayField.php
index 47aad1fb7..fada8f1d7 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Base/FieldTypes/ArrayField.php
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Base/FieldTypes/ArrayField.php
@@ -56,9 +56,10 @@ class ArrayField extends BaseField
     }
 
     /**
-     * copy first node pointer as template node to make sure we always have a template to create new nodes from.
+     * Copy first node pointer as template node to make sure we always have a template to create new nodes from.
+     * If the first node is virtual (no source data), remove that from the list.
      */
-    private function internalCopyStructure()
+    protected function actionPostLoadingEvent()
     {
         // always make sure there's a node to copy our structure from
         if ($this->internalTemplateNode ==null) {
@@ -80,8 +81,6 @@ class ArrayField extends BaseField
      */
     public function add()
     {
-        $this->internalCopyStructure();
-
         $new_record = array();
         foreach ($this->internalTemplateNode->__items as $key => $node) {
             if ($node->isContainer()) {
@@ -113,7 +112,6 @@ class ArrayField extends BaseField
      */
     public function del($index)
     {
-        $this->internalCopyStructure();
         if (array_key_exists((string)$index, $this->internalChildnodes)) {
             unset($this->internalChildnodes[$index]);
         }
diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Base/FieldTypes/BaseField.php b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Base/FieldTypes/BaseField.php
index ecd310aa4..934da9132 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Base/FieldTypes/BaseField.php
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Base/FieldTypes/BaseField.php
@@ -80,6 +80,25 @@ abstract class BaseField
      */
     protected $internalIsVirtual = false ;
 
+    /**
+     * Template action for post loading actions, triggered by eventPostLoadingEvent.
+     * Overwrite this method for custom loading hooks.
+     */
+    protected function actionPostLoadingEvent()
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * trigger post loading event. (executed by BaseModel)
+     */
+    public function eventPostLoading()
+    {
+        foreach ($this->internalChildnodes as $nodeName => $node) {
+            $node->eventPostLoading();
+        }
+        $this->actionPostLoadingEvent();
+    }
 
     /**
      * @return bool returns if this a container type object (no data)
@@ -242,7 +261,7 @@ abstract class BaseField
     }
 
     /**
-     * Recursive method to flatten tree structure for easy validation.
+     * Recursive method to flatten tree structure for easy validation, returns only leaf nodes.
      * @return array named array with field type nodes, using the internal reference.
      */
     public function getFlatNodes()
@@ -326,4 +345,5 @@ abstract class BaseField
         $parts = explode("\\", get_class($this));
         return $parts[count($parts)-1];
     }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/views/OPNsense/Sample/page.volt b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/views/OPNsense/Sample/page.volt
index 6acc3a257..8d35b0f4b 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/views/OPNsense/Sample/page.volt
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/views/OPNsense/Sample/page.volt
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@
     and the actual data from the Sample model, which is a combination of the data presented in the config.xml and the defaults set in the model xml.
 
     <br/><br/>
-    When errors occur while saving this form, they will be shown below:
+    When errors occur while saving this form, they will be shown below: <br/>
 
     {% for error_message in error_messages %}
-        <i style="color:red"> {{ error_message['field'] }} : {{ error_message['msg'] }} </i> <br>
+        <i style="color:red"> {{ error_message['field'] }} : {{ error_message['msg'] }} </i> <br/>
     {% endfor %}
 
     <br/><br/>