diff --git a/OsmAnd-shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/osmand/shared/gpx/GpxUtilities.kt b/OsmAnd-shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/osmand/shared/gpx/GpxUtilities.kt
index 51659aedb65..941fafb9ee6 100644
--- a/OsmAnd-shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/osmand/shared/gpx/GpxUtilities.kt
+++ b/OsmAnd-shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/osmand/shared/gpx/GpxUtilities.kt
@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ object GpxUtilities {
 			const val OBF_POINTS_GROUPS_ICONS = "points_groups_icons"
 			const val OBF_POINTS_GROUPS_COLORS = "points_groups_colors"
 			const val OBF_POINTS_GROUPS_BACKGROUNDS = "points_groups_backgrounds"
+			const val OBF_POINTS_GROUPS_EMPTY_NAME_VALUE = "." // stub to store empty points_groups_names
 			const val OBF_POINTS_GROUPS_CATEGORY = "points_groups_category" // optional category of OBF-GPX point
 
 			fun parsePointsGroupAttributes(parser: XmlPullParser): PointsGroup {
diff --git a/OsmAnd/src/net/osmand/plus/wikivoyage/data/TravelObfHelper.java b/OsmAnd/src/net/osmand/plus/wikivoyage/data/TravelObfHelper.java
index 7c9af7d092f..f19a11180de 100644
--- a/OsmAnd/src/net/osmand/plus/wikivoyage/data/TravelObfHelper.java
+++ b/OsmAnd/src/net/osmand/plus/wikivoyage/data/TravelObfHelper.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import static net.osmand.shared.gpx.GpxUtilities.PointsGroup.OBF_POINTS_GROUPS_BACKGROUNDS;
 import static net.osmand.shared.gpx.GpxUtilities.PointsGroup.OBF_POINTS_GROUPS_COLORS;
 import static net.osmand.shared.gpx.GpxUtilities.PointsGroup.OBF_POINTS_GROUPS_DELIMITER;
+import static net.osmand.shared.gpx.GpxUtilities.PointsGroup.OBF_POINTS_GROUPS_EMPTY_NAME_VALUE;
 import static net.osmand.shared.gpx.GpxUtilities.PointsGroup.OBF_POINTS_GROUPS_ICONS;
 import static net.osmand.shared.gpx.GpxUtilities.PointsGroup.OBF_POINTS_GROUPS_NAMES;
 import static net.osmand.shared.gpx.GpxUtilities.PointsGroup.OBF_POINTS_GROUPS_PREFIX;
@@ -1305,7 +1306,9 @@ private void reconstructPointsGroups(GpxFile gpxFile, List<String> pgNames, List
 				String icon = pgIcons.get(i);
 				String background = pgBackgrounds.get(i);
 				int color = KAlgorithms.INSTANCE.parseColor(pgColors.get(i));
-				if (name.isEmpty()) name = GpxFile.DEFAULT_WPT_GROUP_NAME; // follow current default
+				if (name.isEmpty() || OBF_POINTS_GROUPS_EMPTY_NAME_VALUE.equals(name)) {
+					name = GpxFile.DEFAULT_WPT_GROUP_NAME; // follow current default
+				}
 				GpxUtilities.PointsGroup pg = new GpxUtilities.PointsGroup(name, icon, background, color);
 				gpxFile.addPointsGroup(pg);
 			}