diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 56321182..aa84d886 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "dataops-testgen"
-version = "3.7.8"
+version = "3.7.9"
 description = "DataKitchen's Data Quality DataOps TestGen"
 authors = [
     { "name" = "DataKitchen, Inc.", "email" = "info@datakitchen.io" },
diff --git a/testgen/ui/views/connections/page.py b/testgen/ui/views/connections/page.py
index 10cab979..5de0e32e 100644
--- a/testgen/ui/views/connections/page.py
+++ b/testgen/ui/views/connections/page.py
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ def show_connection_form(self, selected_connection: dict, _mode: str, project_co
             FlavorForm = BaseConnectionForm.for_flavor(sql_flavor)
             if connection:
                 connection["password"] = connection["password"] or ""
+                connection["private_key"] = connection["private_key"] or ""
 
             form_kwargs = connection or {"sql_flavor": sql_flavor, "connection_id": connection_id, "connection_name": connection_name}
             form = FlavorForm(**form_kwargs)