diff --git a/eqt/ui/UIFormWidget.py b/eqt/ui/UIFormWidget.py
index def2939..991f12c 100644
--- a/eqt/ui/UIFormWidget.py
+++ b/eqt/ui/UIFormWidget.py
@@ -337,7 +337,9 @@ def __init__(self, parent=None):
 
 class FormDockWidget(QtWidgets.QDockWidget):
     def __init__(self, parent=None, title=None):
-        QtWidgets.QDockWidget.__init__(self, parent)
+        if title is None:
+            title = ''
+        QtWidgets.QDockWidget.__init__(self, title, parent)
         widget = FormWidget(parent)
         self.setWidget(widget)
         if title is not None:
diff --git a/examples/remove_widgets_example.py b/examples/remove_widgets_example.py
index aebfdf4..185f55d 100644
--- a/examples/remove_widgets_example.py
+++ b/examples/remove_widgets_example.py
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ def __init__(self, parent=None):
         QtWidgets.QMainWindow.__init__(self, parent)
 
         # create a FormDockWidget
-        dock = UIFormWidget.FormDockWidget(parent=self)
-        dock.setWindowTitle('Example remove widget')
+        dock = UIFormWidget.FormDockWidget(parent=self, title='Example remove widget')
         self.addWidgetsToExampleForm(dock)
 
         # add a button to dock to remove user selected widget
diff --git a/test/test__formUI_status_test.py b/test/test__formUI_status_test.py
index c5539c7..02ba8bb 100644
--- a/test/test__formUI_status_test.py
+++ b/test/test__formUI_status_test.py
@@ -328,6 +328,12 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.add_two_widgets()
         self.layout = self.form.formWidget.uiElements['groupBoxFormLayout']
 
+    def test_form_init_title(self):
+        """Tests if the FormDialog is created correctly with or without the title argument."""
+        FormDialog()
+        FormDialog(title=None)
+        FormDialog(title='title')
+
     def test_getWidgetState_returns_QLabel_value(self):
         """Check that the value of the QLabel is saved to the state"""
         initial_label_value = 'Label: '
@@ -478,6 +484,12 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.add_two_widgets()
         self.layout = self.form.widget().uiElements['groupBoxFormLayout']
 
+    def test_form_init_title(self):
+        """Tests if the FormDockWidget is created correctly with or without the title argument."""
+        FormDockWidget()
+        FormDockWidget(title=None)
+        FormDockWidget(title='title')
+
     def test_getWidgetState_returns_QLabel_value(self):
         """Check that the value of the QLabel is saved to the state"""
         initial_label_value = 'test label'