diff --git a/editor/blackboard_plan_editor.cpp b/editor/blackboard_plan_editor.cpp
index a33220c..afdb5bf 100644
--- a/editor/blackboard_plan_editor.cpp
+++ b/editor/blackboard_plan_editor.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ void BlackboardPlanEditor::_add_var() {
 	ERR_FAIL_NULL(plan);
 
 	int suffix = 1;
-	StringName var_name = default_var_name;
+	StringName var_name = default_var_name == StringName() ? "var" : default_var_name;
 	while (plan->has_var(var_name)) {
 		suffix += 1;
 		var_name = String(default_var_name) + itos(suffix);
diff --git a/editor/editor_property_variable_name.cpp b/editor/editor_property_variable_name.cpp
index 529a2d9..9975930 100644
--- a/editor/editor_property_variable_name.cpp
+++ b/editor/editor_property_variable_name.cpp
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ void EditorPropertyVariableName::_status_pressed() {
 	ERR_FAIL_NULL(plan);
 	if (!plan->has_var(name_edit->get_text())) {
 		BlackboardPlanEditor::get_singleton()->set_defaults(name_edit->get_text(),
-				expected_type, default_hint, default_hint_string, default_value);
+				expected_type == Variant::NIL ? Variant::FLOAT : expected_type,
+				default_hint, default_hint_string, default_value);
 	}
 	BlackboardPlanEditor::get_singleton()->edit_plan(plan);
 	BlackboardPlanEditor::get_singleton()->popup_centered();