diff --git a/gns3server/controller/topology.py b/gns3server/controller/topology.py
index df39dda7..7bf629c6 100644
--- a/gns3server/controller/topology.py
+++ b/gns3server/controller/topology.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def _convert_1_3_later(topo, topo_path):
         "version": __version__,
         "auto_start": topo.get("auto_start", False),
         "name": topo["name"],
-        "project_id": topo["project_id"],
+        "project_id": topo.get("project_id"),
         "topology": {
             "links": [],
             "drawings": [],
diff --git a/tests/topologies/1_0_empty/after/1_0_empty.gns3 b/tests/topologies/1_0_empty/after/1_0_empty.gns3
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0b6c0312
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/topologies/1_0_empty/after/1_0_empty.gns3
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+   "version" : "ANYSTR",
+   "name" : "Downloads",
+   "topology" : {
+      "links" : [],
+      "drawings" : [],
+      "nodes" : [],
+      "computes" : [
+         {
+            "protocol" : "http",
+            "name" : "Local",
+            "compute_id" : "local",
+            "port" : 8000,
+            "host" : "127.0.0.1"
+         }
+      ]
+   },
+   "revision" : 5,
+   "project_id" : "ANYUUID",
+   "type" : "topology",
+   "auto_start" : false
+}
diff --git a/tests/topologies/1_0_empty/before/1_0_empty.gns3 b/tests/topologies/1_0_empty/before/1_0_empty.gns3
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6372f285
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/topologies/1_0_empty/before/1_0_empty.gns3
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+    "name": "Downloads",
+    "resources_type": "local",
+    "topology": {
+        "servers": [
+            {
+                "host": "127.0.0.1",
+                "id": 1,
+                "local": true,
+                "port": 8000
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    "type": "topology",
+    "version": "1.0"
+}
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