diff --git a/src/app/vote-choice/vote-choice.component.ts b/src/app/vote-choice/vote-choice.component.ts
index 95097f32..ab31a590 100644
--- a/src/app/vote-choice/vote-choice.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/vote-choice/vote-choice.component.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import {Component, Input} from '@angular/core';
-import {environment} from "../../environments/environment";
 
 interface VoteChoice {
     votesCount: {
@@ -8,8 +7,8 @@ interface VoteChoice {
         maybe: number
         notAnswered: number
     };
-    text: string;
-    date: Date;
+    text?: string;
+    date?: Date;
     answer: 'yes' | 'no' | 'maybe' | null;
     simpleAnswer: boolean; // enable if we display only a togglable "yes"
 }
@@ -25,17 +24,21 @@ interface VoteChoice {
 })
 export class VoteChoiceComponent {
 
-    @Input() choice: VoteChoice;
+    @Input() choice: VoteChoice = {
+        date: new Date(),
+        text: 'description ',
+        votesCount: {
+            yes: 0,
+            no: 0,
+            maybe: 0,
+            notAnswered: 0
+        },
+        simpleAnswer: false,
+        answer: null
+    };
 
     constructor() {
-        if (!environment.production) {
-            // demo content for dev env
-            this.choice = {
-                date: new Date(),
-                text: 'description ',
-                simpleAnswer: false
-            }
-        }
+
     }
 
     setAnswserTo(newAnswer: 'yes' | 'no' | 'maybe' | null) {