diff --git a/plugins/google-sheets/src/App.tsx b/plugins/google-sheets/src/App.tsx
index e703be8ba..b160db1fb 100644
--- a/plugins/google-sheets/src/App.tsx
+++ b/plugins/google-sheets/src/App.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { framer } from "framer-plugin"
 import { useEffect, useLayoutEffect, useState } from "react"
 import {
+    CollectionFieldType,
     getPluginContext,
     PluginContext,
     PluginContextUpdate,
@@ -166,6 +167,14 @@ export function App({ pluginContext }: AppProps) {
         } = context
         const [headerRow] = sheet.values
 
+        const colFieldTypes: Record<string, CollectionFieldType> = {}
+
+        // Determine if the field type is already configured, otherwise default to "string"
+        for (const colName of headerRow) {
+            const field = fields.find(field => field?.name === colName)
+            colFieldTypes[colName] = field?.type ?? "string"
+        }
+
         syncSheet({
             ignoredColumns,
             slugColumn,
@@ -174,11 +183,7 @@ export function App({ pluginContext }: AppProps) {
             spreadsheetId,
             sheetTitle,
             fields,
-            // Determine if the field type is already configured, otherwise default to "string"
-            colFieldTypes: headerRow.map(colName => {
-                const field = fields.find(field => field?.name === colName)
-                return field?.type ?? "string"
-            }),
+            colFieldTypes,
         }).then(() => framer.closePlugin())
     }, [context, shouldSyncOnly])
 
diff --git a/plugins/google-sheets/src/pages/MapSheetFields.tsx b/plugins/google-sheets/src/pages/MapSheetFields.tsx
index c72abd8a6..4d94894a6 100644
--- a/plugins/google-sheets/src/pages/MapSheetFields.tsx
+++ b/plugins/google-sheets/src/pages/MapSheetFields.tsx
@@ -222,11 +222,17 @@ export function MapSheetFieldsPage({
                 return field
             })
 
+        const colFieldTypes: Record<string, CollectionFieldType> = {}
+
+        for (const field of allFields) {
+            colFieldTypes[field.id] = field.type
+        }
+
         onSubmit({
             fields: allFields,
             spreadsheetId,
             sheetTitle,
-            colFieldTypes: fieldConfig.map(field => field.type ?? "string"),
+            colFieldTypes,
             ignoredColumns: Array.from(disabledColumns),
             slugColumn,
             lastSyncedTime: getLastSyncedTime(pluginContext, slugColumn),
diff --git a/plugins/google-sheets/src/sheets.ts b/plugins/google-sheets/src/sheets.ts
index dcac31807..d301dda90 100644
--- a/plugins/google-sheets/src/sheets.ts
+++ b/plugins/google-sheets/src/sheets.ts
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ export interface SyncResult extends SyncStatus {
 }
 
 interface ProcessSheetRowParams {
-    fieldTypes: CollectionFieldType[]
+    fieldTypes: Record<string, CollectionFieldType>
     row: Row
     rowIndex: number
     uniqueHeaderRowNames: string[]
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ export interface SyncMutationOptions {
     fields: ManagedCollectionField[]
     slugColumn: string | null
     ignoredColumns: string[]
-    colFieldTypes: CollectionFieldType[]
+    colFieldTypes: Record<string, CollectionFieldType>
     lastSyncedTime: string | null
 }
 
@@ -331,7 +331,11 @@ function getFieldValue(fieldType: CollectionFieldType, cellValue: CellValue) {
         case "formattedText":
         case "color":
         case "string": {
-            return String(cellValue)
+            if (typeof cellValue === "string") {
+                return cellValue
+            }
+
+            return ""
         }
         default:
             return null
@@ -355,18 +359,7 @@ function processSheetRow({
     for (const [colIndex, cell] of row.entries()) {
         if (ignoredFieldColumnIndexes.includes(colIndex)) continue
 
-        // +1 as zero-indexed, another +1 to account for header row
-        const location = columnToLetter(colIndex + 1) + (rowIndex + 2)
-
-        const fieldValue = getFieldValue(fieldTypes[colIndex], cell)
-
-        if (fieldValue === null) {
-            status.warnings.push({
-                rowIndex,
-                message: `Invalid cell value at ${location}.`,
-            })
-            continue
-        }
+        const fieldValue = getFieldValue(fieldTypes[uniqueHeaderRowNames[colIndex]], cell)
 
         if (colIndex === slugFieldColumnIndex) {
             if (typeof fieldValue !== "string") {
@@ -392,6 +385,16 @@ function processSheetRow({
         return null
     }
 
+    for (const headerRowName of uniqueHeaderRowNames) {
+        if (!(headerRowName in fieldData)) {
+            if (["string", "formattedText"].includes(fieldTypes[headerRowName])) {
+                fieldData[headerRowName] = ""
+            } else {
+                fieldData[headerRowName] = null
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     return {
         id: itemId,
         slug: slugValue,