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NULL values when using overlay_within function in Field Calculator

I have two layers, a point layer and a polygon layer ('Sektorplan'). The polygon layer attribute table has a "Sektor" column ('1','2', ...).

The Goal

I want to add a new column ("Sector") to the attribute table of the point layer to indicate in which sector the point is located.

Tried so far

I used overlay_within('Sektorplan', Sektor) in the field calculator of the point layer.

The Problem

The resulting column only shows NULL. Using a Virtual Field or not does not make any difference. The preview of the field calculator shows up correct (['1']).

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The table of the polygon layer

field calculator

resulting point layer table

Anyone knows what causes this? My search-fu failed me.