diff --git a/backend/__tests__/routes/adminEvents.smoke.test.js b/backend/__tests__/routes/adminEvents.smoke.test.js
index fdee970b..728ceb9e 100644
--- a/backend/__tests__/routes/adminEvents.smoke.test.js
+++ b/backend/__tests__/routes/adminEvents.smoke.test.js
@@ -180,6 +180,27 @@ describe('admin events CRUD endpoints (smoke)', () => {
       });
       expect(res.status).toBe(404);
     });
+
+    // #822 — hero_logo_visible/position are nullable (null = "inherit the global
+    // branding toggle"), but the validator used .optional() without
+    // { nullable: true }, so an explicit null was rejected with 400.
+    it('accepts hero_logo_visible: null and stores NULL (inherit)', async () => {
+      const id = await insertEvent(db, adminId, { hero_logo_visible: 1 });
+      const res = await auth(request(app).put(`/api/admin/events/${id}`)).send({
+        hero_logo_visible: null,
+      });
+      expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+      const row = await db('events').where({ id }).first();
+      expect(row.hero_logo_visible).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('still rejects a non-boolean hero_logo_visible', async () => {
+      const id = await insertEvent(db, adminId);
+      const res = await auth(request(app).put(`/api/admin/events/${id}`)).send({
+        hero_logo_visible: 'maybe',
+      });
+      expect(res.status).toBe(400);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('DELETE /:id', () => {
diff --git a/backend/src/routes/adminEvents/crud.js b/backend/src/routes/adminEvents/crud.js
index d8dfbf13..56b8252f 100644
--- a/backend/src/routes/adminEvents/crud.js
+++ b/backend/src/routes/adminEvents/crud.js
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ module.exports = (router) => {
     body('allow_presigned_download').optional().isBoolean(),
     body('css_template_id').optional({ nullable: true, checkFalsy: true }).isInt(),
     // Hero logo settings
-    body('hero_logo_visible').optional().isBoolean(),
+    body('hero_logo_visible').optional({ nullable: true }).isBoolean(),
     body('hero_logo_size').optional({ nullable: true }).isIn(['small', 'medium', 'large', 'xlarge']),
     body('hero_logo_position').optional().isIn(['top', 'center', 'bottom']),
     // Header style settings (decoupled from layout)
@@ -342,8 +342,10 @@ module.exports = (router) => {
       // hero_logo_visible: store NULL ("inherit") unless the admin explicitly
       // set it, so the global branding_logo_display_hero toggle keeps
       // controlling this gallery afterwards (#756). Only an explicit per-event
-      // choice overrides the global.
-      const effectiveHeroLogoVisible = req.body.hero_logo_visible !== undefined
+      // choice overrides the global. `!= null` treats an explicit null the same
+      // as omitted (both → inherit); otherwise formatBoolean(null) would coerce
+      // to 0/false on SQLite instead of NULL (the PUT handler already does this).
+      const effectiveHeroLogoVisible = req.body.hero_logo_visible != null
         ? formatBoolean(hero_logo_visible)
         : null;
       // NULL = inherit the global branding_logo_size (#756), resolved at read
@@ -1224,7 +1226,7 @@ module.exports = (router) => {
     }),
     body('css_template_id').optional({ nullable: true, checkFalsy: true }).isInt(),
     // Hero logo settings
-    body('hero_logo_visible').optional().isBoolean(),
+    body('hero_logo_visible').optional({ nullable: true }).isBoolean(),
     body('hero_logo_size').optional({ nullable: true }).isIn(['small', 'medium', 'large', 'xlarge']),
     body('hero_logo_position').optional().isIn(['top', 'center', 'bottom']),
     // Header style settings (decoupled from layout)