diff --git a/ConnectorGSA/ConnectorGSATests/SchemaTests.cs b/ConnectorGSA/ConnectorGSATests/SchemaTests.cs
index 004781e7c0..46826d3930 100644
--- a/ConnectorGSA/ConnectorGSATests/SchemaTests.cs
+++ b/ConnectorGSA/ConnectorGSATests/SchemaTests.cs
@@ -1238,6 +1238,16 @@ public void GsaMemb1dSimple()
       //Assert.True(ModelValidation(gwaToTest, GsaRecord.GetKeyword<GsaMemb>(), 3, out var mismatch));
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void GsaMemb2dFromGwa_WithEmptyPointNodeIndices_ReturnsTrue()
+    {
+      var gsaMemb2d = "MEMB.8\t5730\t\tNO_RGB\t2D_GENERIC\tALL\t3\t0\t21759 4928 4927 21762 21759 P()\t0\t0\t0\tYES\tLINEAR\t0\t0\t0\t0\t0\t0\tACTIVE\t0\tNO\tREBAR_2D.1\t0.03\t0.03\t0";
+
+      var memParser = new GsaMembParser();
+
+      Assert.True(memParser.FromGwa(gsaMemb2d));
+    }
+
     [Fact (Skip = "WIP")]
     public void GsaMemb2dSimple()
     {
diff --git a/ConnectorGSA/GSAProxy/GwaParsers/GsaMembParser.cs b/ConnectorGSA/GSAProxy/GwaParsers/GsaMembParser.cs
index ebaad293b1..a86aba7ed0 100644
--- a/ConnectorGSA/GSAProxy/GwaParsers/GsaMembParser.cs
+++ b/ConnectorGSA/GSAProxy/GwaParsers/GsaMembParser.cs
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ protected bool AddName(string v)
     }
     private bool AddTopology(string v)
     {
-      var bracketPieces = v.Split(new[] { '(', ')' }).Select(s => s.Trim()).ToList();
+      var bracketPieces = v.Split(new[] { '(', ')' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries).Select(s => s.Trim()).ToList();
       if (bracketPieces.Count() > 1)
       {
         var listTypes = bracketPieces.Take(bracketPieces.Count() - 1).Select(bp => bp.Last()).ToList();