diff --git a/packages/timing/src/persea/traits/animated.jsx b/packages/timing/src/persea/traits/animated.jsx
index 0c6c56f..443c740 100644
--- a/packages/timing/src/persea/traits/animated.jsx
+++ b/packages/timing/src/persea/traits/animated.jsx
@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@ const Animated = ({json, path}) => {
                 Offset
                 <VectorComponent
                   onChange={patch.onChange(join(path, 'params/animations', key, 'offset'))}
-                  value={animation.offset}
+                  value={animation.offset || [0, 0]}
                 />
               </label>
               <label>
                 Jitter
                 <Number
                   onChange={patch.onChange(join(path, 'params/animations', key, 'jitter'))}
-                  value={animation.jitter}
+                  value={animation.jitter || 0}
                 />
               </label>
             </>
diff --git a/packages/timing/src/traits/animated.js b/packages/timing/src/traits/animated.js
index 5588870..313c189 100644
--- a/packages/timing/src/traits/animated.js
+++ b/packages/timing/src/traits/animated.js
@@ -307,4 +307,17 @@ export default (latus) => class Animated extends decorate(Trait) {
     animation.tick(elapsed);
   }
 
+  static withoutDefaults(json) {
+    Object.keys(json.params.animations).forEach((key) => {
+      const animation = json.params.animations[key];
+      if (Vector.equals([0, 0], animation.offset)) {
+        delete animation.offset;
+      }
+      if (0 === animation.jitter) {
+        delete animation.jitter;
+      }
+    });
+    return super.withoutDefaults(json);
+  }
+
 };