diff --git a/libs/remix-debug/src/solidity-decoder/types/util.ts b/libs/remix-debug/src/solidity-decoder/types/util.ts
index 30748c9aca..cd83d1cd32 100644
--- a/libs/remix-debug/src/solidity-decoder/types/util.ts
+++ b/libs/remix-debug/src/solidity-decoder/types/util.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export async function extractHexValue (location, storageResolver, byteLength) {
   try {
     slotvalue = await readFromStorage(location.slot, storageResolver)
   } catch (e) {
-    return '0x'
+    return ''
   }
   return extractHexByteSlice(slotvalue, byteLength, location.offset)
 }