diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fc651d88c..5a873a528 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     * Fixed 404 error when you click to non-routable menu item with children: redirect to the first child instead
     * Fixed wrong `Pages::dispatch()` calls (with redirect) when we really meant to call `Pages::find()`
     * Fixed avatars not being displayed with flex users [#2431](https://github.com/getgrav/grav/issues/2431)
+    * Fixed initial Flex Object state when creating a new objects in a form
 
 # v1.7.0-beta.7
 ## 08/30/2019
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Framework/Flex/FlexForm.php b/system/src/Grav/Framework/Flex/FlexForm.php
index 6974341f5..d61b2d86b 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Framework/Flex/FlexForm.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Framework/Flex/FlexForm.php
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ class FlexForm implements FlexFormInterface
             $data = $flash->getData();
             $includeOriginal = (bool)($this->getBlueprint()->form()['images']['original'] ?? null);
 
+            $this->object = $flash->getObject();
             $this->data = $data ? new Data($data, $this->getBlueprint()) : null;
             $this->files = $flash->getFilesByFields($includeOriginal);
         }
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Framework/Flex/FlexFormFlash.php b/system/src/Grav/Framework/Flex/FlexFormFlash.php
index 6d5e294ac..54ed75d55 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Framework/Flex/FlexFormFlash.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Framework/Flex/FlexFormFlash.php
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ class FlexFormFlash extends FormFlash
             $serialized['object'] = [
                 'type' => $object->getFlexType(),
                 'key' => $object->getKey() ?: null,
-                'storage_key' => $object->exists() ? $object->getStorageKey() : null,
+                'storage_key' => $object->getStorageKey(),
                 'timestamp' => $object->getTimestamp(),
-                'serialized' => $object->jsonSerialize()
+                'serialized' => $object->prepareStorage()
             ];
         }
 
@@ -51,9 +51,11 @@ class FlexFormFlash extends FormFlash
     {
         parent::init($data, $config);
 
+        /** @var FlexObjectInterface $object */
         $object = $config['object'];
         if (isset($data['object']['serialized']) && !$object->exists()) {
-            $object->update($data['object']['serialized']);
+            // TODO: update instead of create new.
+            $object = $object->getFlexDirectory()->createObject($data['object']['serialized'], $data['object']['key']);
         }
 
         $this->setObject($object);