diff --git a/src/frontend/item.rs b/src/frontend/item.rs
index f0d3a9c..950c67b 100644
--- a/src/frontend/item.rs
+++ b/src/frontend/item.rs
@@ -254,14 +254,14 @@ async fn edit_item(
                     title: "UUID",
                     required: true,
                     disabled: true,
-                    value: Some(item.id.to_string().as_str()),
+                    value: Some(item.id.to_string()),
                 })
                 (forms::InputGroup {
                     r#type: forms::InputType::Text,
                     name: "name",
                     title: "Name",
-                    value: item.name.as_deref(),
                     disabled: item.name.is_none(),
+                    value: item.name,
                     ..Default::default()
                 })
                 (forms::InputGroup {
@@ -269,14 +269,14 @@ async fn edit_item(
                     name: "class",
                     title: "Class",
                     required: true,
-                    value: Some(item.class.to_string().as_str()),
+                    value: Some(item.class.to_string()),
                     ..Default::default()
                 })
                 (forms::InputGroup {
                     r#type: forms::InputType::Text,
                     name: "parent",
                     title: "Parent",
-                    value: item.parent.map(|id| id.to_string()).as_deref(),
+                    value: item.parent.map(|id| id.to_string()),
                     disabled: item.parent.is_none(),
                     ..Default::default()
                 })
diff --git a/src/frontend/item_class.rs b/src/frontend/item_class.rs
index 8198c79..d836a71 100644
--- a/src/frontend/item_class.rs
+++ b/src/frontend/item_class.rs
@@ -218,14 +218,14 @@ async fn edit_item_class(
                     title: "UUID",
                     disabled: true,
                     required: true,
-                    value: Some(item_class.id.to_string().as_str()),
+                    value: Some(item_class.id.to_string()),
                 })
                 (forms::InputGroup {
                     r#type: forms::InputType::Text,
                     name: "name",
                     title: "Name",
                     required: true,
-                    value: Some(&item_class.name),
+                    value: Some(item_class.name),
                     ..Default::default()
                 })
                 (forms::InputGroup {
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ async fn edit_item_class(
                     name: "parent",
                     title: "Parent",
                     disabled: item_class.parent.is_none(),
-                    value: item_class.parent.map(|id| id.to_string()).as_deref(),
+                    value: item_class.parent.map(|id| id.to_string()),
                     ..Default::default()
                 })
 
diff --git a/src/frontend/templates/forms.rs b/src/frontend/templates/forms.rs
index 89992ac..410dce0 100644
--- a/src/frontend/templates/forms.rs
+++ b/src/frontend/templates/forms.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ pub struct InputGroup<'a> {
     pub title: &'a str,
     pub required: bool,
     pub disabled: bool,
-    pub value: Option<&'a str>,
+    pub value: Option<String>,
 }
 
 impl Default for InputGroup<'_> {
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ impl Default for InputGroup<'_> {
 impl InputGroup<'_> {
     fn main_input(&self) -> Markup {
         html! {
-            input .form-control #(self.name) name={ (self.name) } type={ (self.r#type) } required[self.required] disabled[self.disabled] value=[self.value];
+            input .form-control #(self.name) name={ (self.name) } type={ (self.r#type) } required[self.required] disabled[self.disabled] value=[self.value.clone()];
         }
     }
 }