diff --git a/src/models/inventoryModels/inventoryModel.ts b/src/models/inventoryModels/inventoryModel.ts
index 7dae8540..8aa2bc42 100644
--- a/src/models/inventoryModels/inventoryModel.ts
+++ b/src/models/inventoryModels/inventoryModel.ts
@@ -781,9 +781,25 @@ const loreFragmentScansSchema = new Schema<ILoreFragmentScan>(
     { _id: false }
 );
 
-const lotusCustomizationSchema = new Schema<ILotusCustomization>().add(ItemConfigSchema).add({
-    Persona: String
-});
+// const lotusCustomizationSchema = new Schema<ILotusCustomization>().add(ItemConfigSchema).add({
+//     Persona: String
+// });
+
+// Laxer schema for cleanupInventory
+const lotusCustomizationSchema = new Schema<ILotusCustomization>(
+    {
+        Skins: [String],
+        pricol: colorSchema,
+        attcol: Schema.Types.Mixed,
+        sigcol: Schema.Types.Mixed,
+        eyecol: Schema.Types.Mixed,
+        facial: Schema.Types.Mixed,
+        cloth: Schema.Types.Mixed,
+        syancol: Schema.Types.Mixed,
+        Persona: String
+    },
+    { _id: false }
+);
 
 const evolutionProgressSchema = new Schema<IEvolutionProgress>(
     {
diff --git a/src/services/importService.ts b/src/services/importService.ts
index a3141073..7fb88619 100644
--- a/src/services/importService.ts
+++ b/src/services/importService.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Types } from "mongoose";
 import {
     IEquipmentClient,
     IEquipmentDatabase,
+    IItemConfig,
     IOperatorConfigClient,
     IOperatorConfigDatabase
 } from "../types/inventoryTypes/commonInventoryTypes";
@@ -174,6 +175,20 @@ const convertNemesis = (client: INemesisClient): INemesisDatabase => {
     };
 };
 
+// Empty objects from live may have been encoded as empty arrays because of PHP.
+const convertItemConfig = <T extends IItemConfig>(client: T): T => {
+    return {
+        ...client,
+        pricol: Array.isArray(client.pricol) ? {} : client.pricol,
+        attcol: Array.isArray(client.attcol) ? {} : client.attcol,
+        sigcol: Array.isArray(client.sigcol) ? {} : client.sigcol,
+        eyecol: Array.isArray(client.eyecol) ? {} : client.eyecol,
+        facial: Array.isArray(client.facial) ? {} : client.facial,
+        cloth: Array.isArray(client.cloth) ? {} : client.cloth,
+        syancol: Array.isArray(client.syancol) ? {} : client.syancol
+    };
+};
+
 export const importInventory = (db: TInventoryDatabaseDocument, client: Partial<IInventoryClient>): void => {
     for (const key of equipmentKeys) {
         if (client[key] !== undefined) {
@@ -352,7 +367,7 @@ export const importInventory = (db: TInventoryDatabaseDocument, client: Partial<
         db.PlayerSkills = client.PlayerSkills;
     }
     if (client.LotusCustomization !== undefined) {
-        db.LotusCustomization = client.LotusCustomization;
+        db.LotusCustomization = convertItemConfig(client.LotusCustomization);
     }
     if (client.CollectibleSeries !== undefined) {
         db.CollectibleSeries = client.CollectibleSeries;
diff --git a/src/services/inventoryService.ts b/src/services/inventoryService.ts
index 90ed22f5..c3d47ec6 100644
--- a/src/services/inventoryService.ts
+++ b/src/services/inventoryService.ts
@@ -1847,6 +1847,25 @@ export const cleanupInventory = (inventory: TInventoryDatabaseDocument): void =>
         logger.debug(`removing FreeFavorsEarned from LibrarySyndicate`);
         LibrarySyndicate.FreeFavorsEarned = undefined;
     }
+
+    if (inventory.LotusCustomization) {
+        if (
+            Array.isArray(inventory.LotusCustomization.attcol) ||
+            Array.isArray(inventory.LotusCustomization.sigcol) ||
+            Array.isArray(inventory.LotusCustomization.eyecol) ||
+            Array.isArray(inventory.LotusCustomization.facial) ||
+            Array.isArray(inventory.LotusCustomization.cloth) ||
+            Array.isArray(inventory.LotusCustomization.syancol)
+        ) {
+            logger.debug(`fixing empty objects represented as empty arrays in LotusCustomization`);
+            inventory.LotusCustomization.attcol = {};
+            inventory.LotusCustomization.sigcol = {};
+            inventory.LotusCustomization.eyecol = {};
+            inventory.LotusCustomization.facial = {};
+            inventory.LotusCustomization.cloth = {};
+            inventory.LotusCustomization.syancol = {};
+        }
+    }
 };
 
 export const getCalendarProgress = (inventory: TInventoryDatabaseDocument): ICalendarProgress => {