ProfileService invalid argument with Strings

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I have been trying to implement the ProfileService Data Store and i am trying to store a string value but it always errors for some reason saying that the argument is nil. If i make it an int value it works fine somehow. Here is the code

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local cachedProfiles = {}
local ProfileService = require(script.ProfileService)
local saveStructure = {
	--Data
	Cash = 0;
	CurrentSkin = "";
	Exp = 0;
}

local PlayerProfileStore = ProfileService.GetProfileStore("PlayerData",saveStructure)

local function PlayerDataLoaded(player)
	local profile = cachedProfiles[player]
	
	local leaderstats = Instance.new("Folder")
	leaderstats.Name = "PlayerData"
	leaderstats.Parent = player
	
	local Skins = Instance.new("Folder")
	Skins.Name = "Skins"
	Skins.Parent = leaderstats
	
	local Cash = Instance.new("IntValue")
	Cash.Name = "Cash"
	Cash.Value = profile.Data.Cash
	Cash.Parent = leaderstats
	
	local Exp = Instance.new("IntValue")
	Exp.Name = "Exp"
	Exp.Parent = leaderstats
	Exp.Value = profile.Data.Exp

    local CurrentSkin = Instance.new("StringValue")
	CurrentSkin.Name = "CurrentSkin"
	CurrentSkin.Parent = leaderstats
	CurrentSkin.Value = profile.Data.CurrentSkin --Errors here saying "invalid argument #3 (string expected, got nil)"

	spawn(function()
		while true do
			local profile = cachedProfiles[player]
			
			if profile ~= nil then
				Cash.Value = profile.Data.Cash
				Exp.Value = profile.Data.Exp
				CurrentSkin.Value = profile.Data.CurrentSkin
			else
				break
			end
			
			wait(0.1)
		end
	end)
	print(player.Name .. "'s data is loaded")
end

local function PlayerAdded(player)
	local profile = PlayerProfileStore:LoadProfileAsync("Player_" .. player.UserId, "ForceLoad")
	
	if profile ~= nil then
		profile:ListenToRelease(function()
			cachedProfiles[player] = nil
			player:Kick("Your profile has been loaded remotely. Please rejoin.")
		end)
		if player:IsDescendantOf(Players) then
			cachedProfiles[player] = profile
			PlayerDataLoaded(player)
		else
			profile:Release()
		end
	else
		player:Kick("Unable to load saved data. Please rejoin.")
	end
end

for _, player in ipairs(Players:GetPlayers()) do
	spawn(function()
		PlayerAdded(player)
	end)
end

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(PlayerAdded)
Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(player)
	local profile = cachedProfiles[player]
	if profile ~= nil then
		profile:Release()
	end
end)

return cachedProfiles

I have tried setting in the CurrentSkins other strings and it just always does same error. If i make it an Int value and put a value it works fine but i want to store a string in there. If i can provide anything else let me know

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The error means your profile’s “CurrentSkin” Data is nil.
I believe profile:Reconcile() fills in the nil values with the default ones from the template. I reccomend calling it after checking if the profile exists in the PlayerAdded function.

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