diff --git a/backend/services/data-cleaning-service/src/main/java/com/datamate/cleaning/application/CleaningTaskService.java b/backend/services/data-cleaning-service/src/main/java/com/datamate/cleaning/application/CleaningTaskService.java
index ca701c6e0..3d9e5bf74 100644
--- a/backend/services/data-cleaning-service/src/main/java/com/datamate/cleaning/application/CleaningTaskService.java
+++ b/backend/services/data-cleaning-service/src/main/java/com/datamate/cleaning/application/CleaningTaskService.java
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ public void executeTask(String taskId) {
     private void prepareTask(CleaningTaskDto task, List<OperatorInstanceDto> instances) {
         List<OperatorDto> allOperators = operatorRepo.findAllOperators();
         Map<String, OperatorDto> defaultSettings = allOperators.stream()
-                .filter(operatorDto -> StringUtils.isNotBlank(operatorDto.getSettings()))
                 .collect(Collectors.toMap(OperatorDto::getId, Function.identity()));
 
         TaskProcess process = new TaskProcess();