diff --git a/src/Classes/Project.gd b/src/Classes/Project.gd
index d8cb9d59d..3d0307dcc 100644
--- a/src/Classes/Project.gd
+++ b/src/Classes/Project.gd
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ func deserialize(dict: Dictionary, zip_reader: ZIPReader = null, file: FileAcces
 	if dict.has("tilesets"):
 		for saved_tileset in dict["tilesets"]:
 			var tile_size = str_to_var("Vector2i" + saved_tileset.get("tile_size"))
-			var tileset := TileSetCustom.new(tile_size)
+			var tileset := TileSetCustom.new(tile_size, "", false)
 			tileset.deserialize(saved_tileset)
 			tilesets.append(tileset)
 	if dict.has("frames") and dict.has("layers"):
diff --git a/src/Classes/TileSetCustom.gd b/src/Classes/TileSetCustom.gd
index 8870629f6..dd6aeb451 100644
--- a/src/Classes/TileSetCustom.gd
+++ b/src/Classes/TileSetCustom.gd
@@ -39,11 +39,12 @@ class Tile:
 		return times_used <= 0
 
 
-func _init(_tile_size: Vector2i, _name := "") -> void:
+func _init(_tile_size: Vector2i, _name := "", add_empty_tile := true) -> void:
 	tile_size = _tile_size
 	name = _name
-	var empty_image := Image.create_empty(tile_size.x, tile_size.y, false, Image.FORMAT_RGBA8)
-	tiles.append(Tile.new(empty_image))
+	if add_empty_tile:
+		var empty_image := Image.create_empty(tile_size.x, tile_size.y, false, Image.FORMAT_RGBA8)
+		tiles.append(Tile.new(empty_image))
 
 
 ## Adds a new [param image] as a tile to the tileset.