diff --git a/src/Controller/api/v1/PollController.php b/src/Controller/api/v1/PollController.php
index 3f1732b..22eb321 100755
--- a/src/Controller/api/v1/PollController.php
+++ b/src/Controller/api/v1/PollController.php
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ class PollController extends EmailsController
         $newpoll->setHideResults($data['hideResults']);
         // possible answers
         $newpoll->setAllowedAnswers($data['allowed_answers']);
-        $newpoll->setVotesMax($data['maxCountOfAnswers']);
+        $newpoll->setVotesMax($data['maxCountOfAnswers'] || 1024*10);
         $newpoll->setCommentsAllowed($data['allowComments']);
 
         // setup the password, converting the raw with md5 hash
diff --git a/src/Entity/Poll.php b/src/Entity/Poll.php
index 6cf7f41..db3c945 100755
--- a/src/Entity/Poll.php
+++ b/src/Entity/Poll.php
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class Poll
      * @Serializer\Type("smallint")
      * @Serializer\Expose()
      */
-    public $votesMax = 1024;
+    public $votesMax = 1024*10;
 
     /**
      * max number of choices people can answer in a stack of vote. for text polls only, not date kind.