diff --git a/platform/wab/src/wab/client/components/sidebar/ThemeInitialStylesPanel.tsx b/platform/wab/src/wab/client/components/sidebar/ThemeInitialStylesPanel.tsx
index c548e2af3be..a6838c79436 100644
--- a/platform/wab/src/wab/client/components/sidebar/ThemeInitialStylesPanel.tsx
+++ b/platform/wab/src/wab/client/components/sidebar/ThemeInitialStylesPanel.tsx
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ const InitialsForm = observer(function InitialsForm(props: {
   addItemKey: AddItemKey;
 }) {
   const { studioCtx, rs, addItemKey } = props;
-  const expsProvider = new SingleRsExpsProvider(rs, studioCtx, ["display"]);
+  const expsProvider = new SingleRsExpsProvider(rs, studioCtx, [
+    "display",
+    "flex-direction",
+  ]);
   return providesStyleComponent(
     mkStyleComponent({ expsProvider }),
     `${rs.uid}`
diff --git a/platform/wab/src/wab/client/components/style-controls/StyleComponent.tsx b/platform/wab/src/wab/client/components/style-controls/StyleComponent.tsx
index 270aff985d2..d645cde14ba 100644
--- a/platform/wab/src/wab/client/components/style-controls/StyleComponent.tsx
+++ b/platform/wab/src/wab/client/components/style-controls/StyleComponent.tsx
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ function StylePanelSection_(
             await studioCtx.changeUnsafe(() => {
               const exp = expsProvider.targetExp();
               for (const prop of L.without(styleProps, ...unremovableProps)) {
-                if (exp.has(prop)) {
+                if (exp.has(prop) && expsProvider.isPropRemovable(prop)) {
                   exp.clear(prop);
                 }
               }